COSPAR ID 2013-066N Website www.delfispace.nl Inclination 97.76° Launch mass 3.5 kg | SATCAT no. 39428 Period 1.6 hours Launch date 21 November 2013 | |
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Mission type Education and Technology Demonstration Similar Delfi‑C3, ZACube‑1, DubaiSat‑2, Bell, Graham | ||
Delfi-n3Xt is a Dutch nanosatellite which is operated by Delft University of Technology. It was launched on 21 November 2013. It is a three-unit CubeSat which will be used to demonstrate propulsion and communications systems for future missions.
Delfi-n3Xt was launched successfully by a Dnepr carrier rocket flying from Site 370/13 at the Dombarovsky launch site. Delfi was a secondary payload aboard the rocket, whose primary mission was to deploy DubaiSat 2 and STSAT-3. Delfi was one of 25 secondary payloads aboard the rocket, for a total of 32 satellites; the most deployed by a single rocket
The Delfi team made contact with the satellite during its first pass.
References
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