Delfi-C3

Delfi-C3
Delfi-C3
Delfi-C3
Delfi-C3
Delfi-C3
Delfi-C3
Name Delfi-C3
Type CubeSat
Units or mass 3U
Status 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
Nation 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.

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Last modified: 2023-06-08
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