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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

8 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 (10 months ago)

Launch vehicle

ARIANE 62

Launch site

French Guiana (FRGUI)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 4 Pan, 0.7 m

Radar Cross Section

0.072 m², Small (<0.1 m²)

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TLE from 8 hours ago

0 ROBUSTA-3A
1 60243U 24128J   25129.53555327  .00005856  00000-0  42386-3 0  9996
2 60243  61.9883 187.2304 0047819  43.8028 316.6841 15.04207869 45551

Epoch: 2025-05-09T12:51Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-09T12:51:11.802Z)

Latitude

0.00002°

Longitude

126.84094°

Altitude

531.665 km

Speed

7.611 km/s

True Right ascension

12h 28m 55s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-31.11904°

Longitude

107.07637°

Altitude

558.182 km

Speed

7.585 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

13h 40m 22s

Apparent Declination

-43° 40' 35"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

04:51:33

Azimuth

112.132° ESE

Elevation

-54.666°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

586.011 km

Perigee altitude

519.725 km

Semi-major axis

6,931.005 km

Eccentricity

0.0047819

Inclination

61.9883°

RAAN

187.2304°

Arg. of periapsis

43.8028°

True anomaly

316.30655°

Mean anomaly

316.6841°

Eccentric anomaly

316.49549°

Mean motion

3.76139 °/min

BSTAR

0.00042386

Orbital period

95.71 mins

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Other satellites on launch #128 in the year 2024 (2024-07-09 UTC)

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.
6 mins	2025-05-10 04:56:22.753Z	168.973° S	2025-05-10 04:59:22.753Z	115.208° SE	21.819°	2025-05-10 05:02:22.753Z	63.707° ENE
5 mins	2025-05-10 06:36:22.753Z	272.894° WNW	2025-05-10 06:38:22.753Z	327.584° NNW	26.279°	2025-05-10 06:41:22.753Z	16.612° NNE
5 mins	2025-05-10 13:18:22.753Z	0.405° NNE	2025-05-10 13:20:22.753Z	43.088° NE	24.675°	2025-05-10 13:23:22.753Z	99.723° ESE
5 mins	2025-05-10 14:57:22.753Z	284.678° WNW	2025-05-10 14:59:22.753Z	236.458° WSW	26.581°	2025-05-10 15:02:22.753Z	183.428° SSW

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