Delfi-C3 Spacecraft - Nanosats Database

Satellite name	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
Organization	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.
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	AAUSAT2 CanX-2 CanX-6 Compass-1 CUTE-1.7+APD-2 Delfi-C3 SEEDS-2

Last modified: 2024-05-28