Delfi-C3 - New launch date

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New launch date

The Delfi-C3 team has been informed by its launch broker that the launch of Delfi-C3 has been moved up to December.

The two major factors that have contributed to the postponement of this launch are weather and the Indian launch schedule. The weather effect on the launch is the typhoon season in India, which lasts from half October until December. The launch schedule is more complicated, but suffice it to say that a certain launching order and priority have been agreed upon and has to be maintained. With the recent launch of GSLV F04 , carrying INSAT-4CR into orbit, one launch has been completed. The actual launch date will depend on turn-around time of the launch facility and the possibility of another launch preceding PSLV C9, but Delfi-C3 will not be launched before December of this year.

In the meantime the Delfi-C3 team will continue to work on futher testing parts of the satellite and preparing for the operations phase. As soon as more information regarding the launch of Delfi-C3 is available it will be available on this website.

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.