Delfi-C3 Satellite

Delfi-C3
Delfi-C3
Delfi-C3
Delfi-C3
Delfi-C3
Delfi-C3
Satellite Delfi-C3
Type CubeSat
Units or mass 3U
Status Reentry 2023-11-13. Was operational (Official news 2020-04-28 and last SatNOGS report with data from PE0SAT 2023-06-06 last checked on 2023-06-06)
Launched 2008-04-28
NORAD ID 32789
Deployer XPOD (eXperimental Push Out Deployer) [UTIAS/SFL]
Launcher PSLV
Organisation Delft University of Technology
Institution University
Entity Academic / Education
Country Netherlands
Launch brokerer Space Flight Laboratory (UTIAS-SFL)
Partners Dutch Space, TNO
Oneliner

Educational space systems engineering, transponder for radio amateurs and demonstrate thin-film solar cells and sun sensors.

Description

Hands-on education & training of students on a real spacecraft project. A Radio Amateur Platform (RAP) from TU Delft, comprising a linear transponder. Development of a modular nanosatellite spacecraft bus and a distributed ground segment. Demonstration of four arrays of Thin Film Solar Cells (TFSC) from Dutch Space. Demonstration of two Autonomous Wireless Sun Sensors (AWSS) from TNO.

Results

For the time being, Delfi-C3 is still being heard every day. “It may not be healthy, but I get an email every day when our ground station has made contact with the satellite,” says Chris Verhoeven.

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Photo sources [1] [2] [3] [4]
Keywords First CubeSat of country
On the same launch

Last modified: 2024-05-29

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