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Delfi-C3 Satellite

The Delfi-C3 satellite will fly in this configuration:

A satellite is made up of the satellite bus and the payloads. The satellite bus contains the different subsytems which will facilitate the payloads during its operation. The payloads of a satellite are the subsystems of the satellite which will perform the task for which the satellite was designed, in our case the experiments.

The different subsystems of the bus and the different payloads are listed below

Payloads

Thin Film Solar Cell (TFSC)

Autonomous Wireless Sun Sensor (AWSS)

Satellite Bus

Electrical Power Subsystem (EPS)

Attitude Determination and Control Subsystem (ADCS)

Command and Data Handling Subsystem (CDHS)

Communications Subsystem (COMMS)

Thermal Control Subsystem (TCS)

Structural Subsystem (STS)

Mechanisms (MechS)

Newsflash

Delfi-C3 2 year anniversary

Today exactly 2 years ago Delfi-C3 was launched from India on a PSLV rocket at 3:53 AM UTC. Today we celebrate the fact that Delfi-C3 has been in orbit and fully operational for 2 continuous years or 10.809 orbits around the Earth. We would like to thank all the radio amateurs for their continued support and telemetry submission. Happy Birthday Delfi-C3!!

Delfi-C3 on Klokhuis

Delfi-C3 was featured on an episode of the Dutch children's program called Klokhuis (meaning 'apple core'). For more info and the episode itself please check our photo weblog.

In the meantime Delfi-C3 is approaching it's 1-year anniversary. The spacecraft is still performing well and returning science data through our own groundstation and the invaluable amateur radio data collection network.

Delfi-C3 back in science mode

On January 29th, after having been in orbit for 9 months and 1 day, Delfi-C3 has been put back in science mode. This decision was reached because of problems with the on-board transponder, which unfortunately prohibits proper operation of the transponder.