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 in the field of orbital systems.

[3] The satellite is a Cubesat, the name given to a series of nano-satellites developed as part of student projects.

The ROBUSTA mission is to check the deterioration of electronic components, based on bipolar transistors, when exposed to in-flight space radiation.

An anomaly within the battery recharge system resulted in the loss of the satellite after a few days.

[6] Teams from several sites, coordinated by the Centre Spatial Universitaire Montpellier-Nîmes worked together.