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]
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| 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
editStarted 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]
References
edit- ^ "Le lancement d'un nanosatellite étudiant dans l'espace en live ce vendredi". www.20minutes.fr. 22 June 2017. Archived from the original on 2019-01-30. Retrieved 2021-10-05.
- ^ "ROBUSTA satellite". www.ies.univ-montp2.fr. Archived from the original on 2013-08-14.
- ^ Boch, Jérôme; Gonzalez Velo, Yago; Saigne, Frédéric; Roche, Nicolas J.-H.; Schrimpf, Ronald D.; Vaille, Jean-Roch; Dusseau, Laurent; Chatry, Christian; Lorfevre, Eric; Ecoffet, Robert; Touboul, Antoine D. (2009). "The Use of a Dose-Rate Switching Technique to Characterize Bipolar Devices". IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science. 56 (6): 3347–3353. Bibcode:2009ITNS...56.3347B. doi:10.1109/TNS.2009.2033686. S2CID 20001729.
- ^ "ROBUSTA 1, 1B". Gunter's Space Page. Archived from the original on 2021-06-27. Retrieved 2021-10-05.
- ^ "NANOSATELLITE ROBUSTA 1B". janus.cnes.fr. 15 December 2015. Archived from the original on 2017-08-18. Retrieved 2017-08-18.
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