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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

Country

Related business

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 (2 years ago)

Launch vehicle

ARIANE 62

Launch site

French Guiana (FRGUI)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 4 Pan, 1.0 m

Radar Cross Section

0.072 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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Last TLE update: 8 hours ago

TLE from 8 hours ago

0 ROBUSTA-3A
1 60243U 24128J   26314.23880875  .00009042  00000-0  51386-3 0  9990
2 60243  61.9878  51.0808 0019401 155.8193 204.3819 15.13367788128518

Epoch: 2026-11-10T05:43Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-11-10T05:43:53.076Z)

Latitude

0.00008°

Longitude

-84.29418°

Altitude

539.922 km

Speed

7.586 km/s

True Right ascension

03h 24m 19s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

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Latitude

Unknown

Longitude

Unknown

Altitude

Unknown

Speed

Unknown

Apparent Right ascension

Unknown

Apparent Declination

Unknown

Sunlit

N/A

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Local Sidereal Time

10:07:33

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

538.256 km

Perigee altitude

511.471 km

Semi-major axis

6,903.001 km

Eccentricity

0.00194

Inclination

61.9878°

RAAN

51.0808°

Arg. of periapsis

155.8193°

True anomaly

204.29033°

Mean anomaly

204.3819°

Eccentric anomaly

204.33609°

Mean motion

3.78431 °/min

Orbital period

95.13 mins

BSTAR

0.00051386

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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.
4 mins	2026-11-10 15:45:05.683Z	8.325° NNE	2026-11-10 15:47:05.683Z	41.219° NE	14.806°	2026-11-10 15:49:05.683Z	72.87° E
6 mins	2026-11-10 17:23:05.683Z	314.445° NW	2026-11-10 17:25:05.683Z	275.524° WNW	60.357°	2026-11-10 17:29:05.683Z	155.203° SSE
6 mins	2026-11-11 08:52:05.683Z	240.892° WSW	2026-11-11 08:54:05.683Z	294.911° NW	51.455°	2026-11-11 08:58:05.683Z	26.364° NE

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ROBUSTA-3A, 60243

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 8 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-11-10T05:43:53.076Z)

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