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ROBUSTA-3A, 60243

Orbit data source: Space-Track

ROBUSTA-3A, 60243 is a payload satellite owned by Montpellier (FR) in LEO that was launched on Tue, 09 Jul 2024 UTC via an ARIANE 62 launch vehicle from the French Guiana (FRGUI). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.

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Identifier

60243, 2024-128J

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

9 hours ago

Origin

University of Montpellier (FR)

Manufacturer

Montpellier

Mission

Operational Amateur Technology

Bus & Motor

CUBESAT 3U, Unknown motor

Mass

5 kg wet, 5 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2024-07-09 (1 year ago)

Launch vehicle

ARIANE 62

Launch site

French Guiana (FRGUI)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 4 Pan, 0.3 m

Radar Cross Section

0.072 m², Small (<0.1 m²)

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TLE from 9 hours ago

0 ROBUSTA-3A
1 60243U 24128J   25199.57924622  .00005124  00000-0  36187-3 0  9995
2 60243  61.9890 302.2122 0053549  59.8627 300.7756 15.05099727 56098

Epoch: 2025-07-18T13:54Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-18T13:54:06.873Z)

Latitude

-0.00005°

Longitude

157.05486°

Altitude

534.132 km

Speed

7.607 km/s

True Right ascension

20h 08m 50s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-59.19255°

Longitude

93.17968°

Altitude

599.495 km

Speed

7.545 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

20h 55m 09s

Apparent Declination

-66° 31' 32"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

11:55:21

Azimuth

151.671° SSE

Elevation

-53.553°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

587.229 km

Perigee altitude

513.029 km

Semi-major axis

6,928.266 km

Eccentricity

0.00535

Inclination

61.989°

RAAN

302.2122°

Arg. of periapsis

59.8627°

True anomaly

300.24658°

Mean anomaly

300.7756°

Eccentric anomaly

300.51127°

Mean motion

3.76363 °/min

Orbital period

95.65 mins

BSTAR

0.00036187

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ROBUSTA-3A Visibility forecast

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Span	Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order	Start Az.	Max El. time (UTC)	Max El. Az.	Max El.	End time (UTC)	End Az.
5 mins	2025-07-19 09:12:48.272Z	239.502° WSW	2025-07-19 09:14:48.272Z	294.409° NW	38.303°	2025-07-19 09:17:48.272Z	22.478° NNE
4 mins	2025-07-19 15:55:48.272Z	16.013° NNE	2025-07-19 15:56:48.272Z	33.813° NE	16.243°	2025-07-19 15:59:48.272Z	82.398° E
6 mins	2025-07-19 17:33:48.272Z	308.226° NW	2025-07-19 17:35:48.272Z	260.142° W	38.746°	2025-07-19 17:39:48.272Z	160.814° S

Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs

Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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