Delfi-C3 project page

Characteristics:

• 1st Dutch University Satellite
• 4th Dutch satellite, after ANS, IRAS and Sloshsat
• Dutch satellite with longest operational time
• 2 sets of 4 deployable antennae 
• 4 deployable solar panels
• Single point failure free
• No battery; sun powered
• 3 unit CubeSat

Project links:

• www.delfispace.nl
  For all detailed information on Delfi-C³
• Pictures
• Articles and publications in the press
• Paper Models
• Awards and Events
• Cubesats launched on PSLV-C9 

Operations:

• Worldwide distributed ground network in co-operation with radio amateurs
• Mission ground station and operations centre:
  Delft University of Technology
• About 1.2 million frames received in total
• Over 16,000 orbital revolutions around Earth
• Already 12x its intentional operational lifetime

Communication:

• UHF uplink
• VHF downlink
• Downlink rate 1200 bps 

Orbital parameters:

• Sun-synchronuous orbit
• Inclination: 97.8 degrees
• Altitude: 635 km
• Local time 9:30 hrs.

Payloads:

• 4 sets of Thin Film Solar Cells
• 2 Autonomuous Wireless Sun Sensors
• 2 Radio Amateur Platforms,
  transceiver/transponder

 Some numbers:

• Mass:                       2.2 kg
• Velocity:                   27,500 km/h.
• People involved:       100+
• Dimensions, stowed: 100x110x340.5 mm
• Electrical power:       1.8 w
• Transmission power: 0.2 w

Project partners:

• NLR
• TNO
• MicroNed
• Dutch Space
• SystematIC Design

Sponsors:

• CYNER The Netherlands
• LOGICA The Netherlands
• MAVOM The Netherlands
• ITP Engines UK
• AMSAT UK
• HARWIN UK
• MICROCHIP

Launch:

• Launch broker: University of Toronto, Canada
• Launch vehicle:  PSLV-C9
• Launch base:     Sriharikota, India
• Actual date of launch:
       28 April 2008, at 03h53 UTC

Cooperation  in  education:

• Delft University of Technology (Faculty of Aerospace, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)
• International cooperation via Erasmus/Socrates projects (Spain, Italy, France, China, Denmark)
• Hogeschool InHolland (Delft, Haarlem, Alkmaar)
• Hogeschool Rijswijk
• Hogeschool Rotterdam
• Hogeschool van Amsterdam