TU Delft launches Delfi-n3Xt satellite
Friday, November 22, 2013 - 08:01
in Astronomy & Space
On the morning of the 21st of November, the Delfi-n3Xt was launched from a base in Yasny, Russia. At 9.47, Mission Control in Delft made its first successful contact with the satellite. For almost five years now, students and staff of TU Delft have been working on the Delfi-n3Xt, the second satellite to be built by a Dutch university. The Delfi-n3Xt was launched into space together with dozens of other satellites by a Russian Dnepr rocket. The satellite was developed in collaboration with the Dutch aerospace industry. The aerospace solutions company ISIS, a successful TU Delft spin-off, controlled the launch from their ground station in Russia.