ROBUSTA
Sign in to saveROBUSTA (Radiation on Bipolar for University Satellite Test Application) is a nano-satellite scientific experiment developed by the University of Montpellier students as part of a Centre National d'Études Spatiales (CNES) call for student projects in the field of orbital systems.
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- Instance of
- artificial satellite of the Earth
- Image
- Image de robusta 1b.jpg
- Significant event
- rocket launch
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- space launch vehicle
- Vega
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 2012-02-13
- start point
- Ensemble de Lancement Vega
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ROBUSTA (Radiation on Bipolar for University Satellite Test Application) is a nano-satellite scientific experiment developed by the University of Montpellier students as part of a Centre National d'Études Spatiales (CNES) call for student projects in the field of orbital systems.
The satellite is a Cubesat, the name given to a series of nano-satellites developed as part of student projects. The ROBUSTA mission is 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.
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