ROBUSTA-3A (MEDITERRAN*)

NORAD 60243· COSPAR 2024-128J· Active satellite· CubeSats & Tech Demos· LEO

Launch

Launched on Jul 9, 2024 from Ariane Launch Area 4, French Guiana aboard a Ariane 62.

Ariane 62 | Maiden Flight →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-11 18:11 UTC

Orbit class

LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)

Operator

Météo-France

Country

France

Manufacturer

Space Center of the University of Montpellier

Launched

Jul 9, 2024

Mass

3.6 kg

Apogee

554 km

Perigee

514 km

Inclination

61.98°

Period

1.59 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for ROBUSTA-3A (MEDITERRAN*) across 106 days of archived orbital elements (107 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Decaying

Change

-4.1 km

Rate

-0.04 km/day

Now

514 × 554 km

Apogee Perigee

Derived from our own archive of CelesTrak orbital elements, sampled every 3 hours. Short windows show drag and station-keeping; they are not a reentry prediction.

Launched with

4 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2024-128 (Ariane 62 | Maiden Flight).

GRBBETA · 60237
ISTSAT-1 · 60238
OOV-CUBE (TUBSAT-30) · 60240
CURIUM ONE · 60242

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