Spacetrack Directory Name | DELFI-N3XT |
Orbit launches | 2013-11-21 |
Country/organisation of origin | Holandia (NETH) |
Starting point | DLS (Dombarovsky Air Base, Russia) |
WWW | Here |
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Perigee | 584 km |
Apogee | 752 km |
Height DELFI-N3XT | 648.01 km |
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 rocketThe Delfi team made contact with the satellite during its first pass.
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