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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 (1 year 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, Small (<0.1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 21 hours ago

TLE from 21 hours ago

0 ROBUSTA-3A
1 60243U 24128J   25348.72170913  .00006847  00000-0  43771-3 0  9994
2 60243  61.9859 138.9935 0056178  91.2694 269.4836 15.08252628 78564

Epoch: 2025-12-14T17:19Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-12-14T17:19:15.668Z)

Latitude

-0.00007°

Longitude

155.54762°

Altitude

543.883 km

Speed

7.591 km/s

True Right ascension

09h 15m 58s

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

12:47:44

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

579.335 km

Perigee altitude

501.6 km

Semi-major axis

6,918.604 km

Eccentricity

0.00562

Inclination

61.9859°

RAAN

138.9935°

Arg. of periapsis

91.2694°

True anomaly

268.83993°

Mean anomaly

269.4836°

Eccentric anomaly

269.16176°

Mean motion

3.77151 °/min

Orbital period

95.45 mins

BSTAR

0.00043771

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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	2025-12-15 19:17:16.137Z	7.182° NNE	2025-12-15 19:19:16.137Z	43.013° NE	16.284°	2025-12-15 19:21:16.137Z	77.377° E
6 mins	2025-12-15 20:55:16.137Z	308.467° NW	2025-12-15 20:58:16.137Z	216.276° SW	36.715°	2025-12-15 21:01:16.137Z	163.918° S
5 mins	2025-12-16 12:28:16.137Z	255.957° W	2025-12-16 12:30:16.137Z	311.688° NW	31.686°	2025-12-16 12:33:16.137Z	17.296° NNE

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ROBUSTA-3A, 60243

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 21 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-12-14T17:19:15.668Z)

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

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