Delfi-n3Xt is a Dutch
nanosatellite
A small satellite, miniaturized satellite, or smallsat is a satellite of low mass and size, usually under . While all such satellites can be referred to as "small", different classifications are used to categorize them based on mass. Satellites c ...
which is operated by
Delft University of Technology
The Delft University of Technology (TU Delft; ) is the oldest and largest Dutch public university, public Institute of technology, technical university, located in Delft, Netherlands. It specializes in engineering, technology, computing, design, a ...
. It was launched on 21 November 2013. It is a three-unit
CubeSat
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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 Delfi team made contact with the satellite during its first pass.
References
Student satellites
Spacecraft launched in 2013
CubeSats
Satellites of the Netherlands
Science and technology in the Netherlands
Spacecraft launched by Dnepr rockets
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