Delfi-C3 - Helmholtz cage finished last week

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Helmholtz cage finished last week

The Helmholtz cage was completed last week by the Delfi-C3 team. The cage, which will be used for testing the passive attitude control subsystem, was put together in the clean room at the faculty of aerospace engineering.

Testing in the cage will start in the first weeks of january.

The cage will be able to produce the magnetic field which the satellite will experience in orbit. This field will be used during the tests in january.

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Constructing the cage.

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The finished Helmholtz cage.

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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!!

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