ROBUSTA 1 [UVSQ]
Official name UVSQ-SAT
Alternative name UVSQ-SAT
Cospar ID 2021-006AB
Norad ID 47438
Launch date 2021-01-24
Launch site AFETR
Launch vehicle Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5)
Country/Organization France
Type application Technology
Operator Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)
RCS size SMALL
Decay date ON ORBIT
Period (min) 93.3
Inclination (deg) 97.33
Perigee (km) 433
Apogee (km) 440
Eccentricity 0.00801832760595647
Mean motion (revs. per day) 15.4340836012862
Semi-Major axis (km) 6814.635
Raan (deg) 191.1863
Arg of perigee (deg) 358.2246
Shape Box
Mass (kg) 1.6
Height (m) 0.1
Width (m) 0.1
Depth (m) 0.1
Contractors LATMOS (prime); ISIS (bus)
Propulsion None
Configuration CubeSat (1U)
Power Solar cells, batteries

UVSQ-SAT (UltraViolet & infrared Sensors at high Quantum efficiency onboard a small Satellite) is a mission to demonstrate technologies for broadband measurements of Earth Radiation Budget (ERB) and for Solar Spectral Irradiance (SSI) in the Herzberg continuum (200 ? 242 nm) by the Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ) with the support of the International Satellite Program in Research and Education (INSPIRE).

UVSQ-SAT is a nanosatellite development project underway based on CubeSat standard. UVSQ-SAT is an 1U CubeSat designed. LATMOS is prime contractor of the 1U CubeSat with the support of a manufacturer (ISIS) to build a dedicated satellite platform.

The first scientific goal is to measure the incoming solar radiations (total solar irradiance) and the outgoing terrestrial radiations (top of atmosphere outgoing longwave radiations and shortwave radiations) using twelve miniaturized thermopiles sensors. The second scientific goal is to monitor the solar spectral irradiance at 215 nm (Herzberg solar continuum) using four photodiodes based on intrinsic advantages of pulsed laser deposition of ZnO nanostructures with MgZnO alloy. The third objective is to space-qualified a medical device for astronauts

Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
UVSQ-SAT 2021-006AB 2021-01-24 AFETR Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) with Starlink v1.0 R1-1, ..., R1-10, QPS-SAR 2, Capella 3, 4, ICEYE X8, X9, XR 1, GHGSat C2, Hawk 2A, 2B, 2C, Sherpa-FX 1, ION-SCV 002, AII-Charlie, Hiber 4, ASELSAT, PIXL 1, SOMP 2b, IDEASSat, YUSAT 1, V-R3x 1, 2, 3, Flock-4s 1, ..., 48, Kepler 8, ..., 15, Astrocast 0101, ..., 0105, SpaceBEE 40, ..., 75, Lemur-2 130, ..., 137, PTD 1, Prometheus-2 10, ARCE 1A, 1B, 1C