ROBUSTA-1B

ROBUSTA-1B (Radiation on Bipolar Test for University Satellite Application) is a nano-satellite (Cubesat) scientific experiment developed by the University of Montpellier students, a successor to the ROBUSTA satellite, which was launched in February 2012 and lost soon after.^[2]

ROBUSTA-1B

Mission type	Technology
Operator	Centre Spatial Universitaire Montpellier-Nîmes
COSPAR ID	2017-036AD
SATCAT no.	42792
Mission duration	2 years
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	1U CubeSat
Launch mass	1 kilogram (2.2 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date	23 June 2017[1]
Rocket	PSLV
Contractor	ISRO
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth

ROBUSTA-1B carries an updated version of the ROBUSTA payload, an experiment to check the deterioration of electronic components based on bipolar transistors, when exposed to in-flight space radiation. The results of the experiment will be used to validate a new radiation test method proposed by the laboratory.^[3]

ROBUSTA Comparison

Started as a simple reflight of ROBUSTA,^[4] the project quickly became a complete upgrade of most of the satellite's systems, using the feedback provided by the previous project.^[5]