Delfi-C3 - Solar panels arrived and tested

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Solar panels arrived and tested

In the first weeks of february the solar panels arrived in Delft.

The team in Delft started testing the panels to check the performance of the panels.

These tests will provide valuable information needed for good performance of the satellite in space. Since the currents coming from the solar panels are used to determine the attitude of the satellite, the performance of the panels should be known as accurately as possible.

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The solar panels, as they are lying in the clean room at Dutch Space, waiting for the rest of Delfi-C3 to be finished.

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The test set up for testing the performance of the solar panels.

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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!!

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.