Delfi-C3 - Arrival of new equipment and parts

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Arrival of new equipment and parts

During the first weeks op january a lot of new equipment and parts of the satillite arrived at the faculty.

The team now has the ability to use a vacuum oven for test.

Furthermore the solar panel hinges, the top and bottom panels, several protective covers and several PCB's arrived.

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The vacuum oven.

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These protective covers will be used on earth for protection of sensitive parts of the satellite during assembly. The cover on the right will be used to protect a solar panel.

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The top and bottom panel of the satillite. These panels will be checked for correct dimension during this week.

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The solar panel hinges. The hinge on the left shows how the hinge will be fixed in position for correct solar panel position.

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One of the PCB's of the satillite.

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.