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 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 ...

satellite, which was launched in February 2012 and lost soon after. 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.

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

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