CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-1738
ROBUSTA 1B
ROBUSTA 1B (NORAD 42792) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 17 October 2023, after 6 years, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
42792
International designator
2017-036AD
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
France
Launched
23 Jun 2017Sriharikota
Re-entered (UTC)
17 Oct 2023UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
6 years, 3 months2,307 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.9°N to 82.9°SFinal inclination 97.1°
Mass
1 kg
Operator
Montpellier
Built by
Montpellier
Bus
Cubesat 1U
Programme
Montpellier
Where it came down
Latitude band its orbit allowedExact position not recorded
No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 97.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.9°N and 82.9°S.
Life in orbit
6 years, 3 monthsROBUSTA 1B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 17 Oct 2023
20 entriesFrom the same launch
2017-036
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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