Delfi-C3 - Official unveiling of the Delfi-C3 nano-satellite

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Official unveiling of the Delfi-C3 nano-satellite

This Tuesday, 17th of July 2007, the Delfi-C3 university satellite will be officially unveiled. After a final series of tests this month, the satellite will be shipped to Canada. There it will be prepared, together with six other satellites, for shipment to India. The launch of the Delfi-C3 is currently scheduled for the 8th of September, 2007 and will take place at the Shriharikota launch site in India.

Delfi-C3 is the first in what should be a series of satellites of the Delft University of Technology. The Delfi-C3 team consists of around 30 students from several faculties of the university and polytechnical schools. Three companies with their respective payloads complete this unique project.

Delfi-C3 is a 3-unit cubesat and is about 30 centimeters in height. The mission goals of the project are, next to the educational value, to test new designs and applications of satellite technology. These include the the Thin Film Solar Cell Expirement, which will test a new type of solar cell of Dutch Space, and the Autonomous Wireless Sun Sensor Experiment, a new type of sun sensor developed by TNO.

Programme

11.00 - 11.05    Reception
11.05 - 11.07    Introduction of Friso van Oranje by Prof.dr.ir. Jacob Fokkema, Rector Magnificus of Delft University of Technology
11.07 - 11.09    Introduction by Friso van Oranje
11.09 - 11.14    Presentation by ir. Rob Hamann, DelfiC3 project leader
11.14 - 11.30    Presentation by Joost Elstak, Delfi-C3 project member
11.30 - 11.34    Delfi-C3 movie
11.34 - 11.36    Unveiling of Delfi-C3 by Friso van Oranje
11.45 - 12.20    Possibility to visit the cleanroom
11.40 - 12.20    Information stands

Further information

After the presentation, pictures of Friso van Oranje’s visit to the cleanroom will be available to the press.

If you want to attend the press presentation, please give notice to: Charlotte de Kort-Holtgrefe, +31 6 14015135, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

For questions about the project: Ir. Rob Hamann, Delfi-C3 project leader, +31 15 27 82079, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

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.