Latest Two Line Elements:

Updated on: May 7th 2008, 14:00 (GMT + 2)
Source:  NORAD data, object # 32789

Delfi-C3
1 32789U 08021G   08127.71325150  .00000566  00000-0  79254-4 0   384
2 32789  97.9944 187.7246 0014362 271.0471  88.9085 14.81369806  1269

News:

May 7th 14:00 (GMT + 2)

Hi all,

Another status update of the Delfi-C3 satellite:

1.  Delfi-C3 is now in orbit for over a week, and continues to perform well.

2. We are aware of the transmitter distortion and drop outs occurring. These two are related, and are not related to the transmitter itself, but are the result of a power / attitude issue combined with the way our Electrical Power System works. Thanks to all your reports we now have a clear view of what is happening, and are in the process of taking corrective actions while the s/c is over our groundstation. We are taking these actions step by step so the phenomenon will continue to occur over the coming days. Your reports on this phenomenon are welcome.

3. We are still not sure which TLE's correspond to Delfi-C3, so it is indeed kind of like a lottery hi:) Time will tell, since the s/c will drift further apart over time, so that we can discriminate better between the individual satellites. During the last days, our groundstation has been using object # 32789 with good results.

4. There have been a number of orbits where the spacecraft entered "emergency mode". Up till now, every eclipse (reset) has cleared these issues. We think we have an understanding of what causes this. If you hear the satellite in emergency mode, your reports are appreciated, either on the BB or at Dit email adres wordt beschermd tegen spam bots, u heeft een Javascript-enabled browser nodig om berichten te kunnen lezen

5. Today we tried listening to the satellite using handheld receivers and Arrow antennas, on the groundstation roof. Delfi-C3 was nice and strong during this overhead pass, we had a tremendous amount of fun as you can see from the photos at our photo weblog. It was a magnificent feeling to be staring into the blue sky knowing that our spacecraft was somewhere up high.

6. Up till now we have received 70000+ AX.25 telemetry frames from the satellite on our servers, thank you all for listening and submitting!

The Delfi-C3 team

May 4th 15:00 (GMT + 2)

'Not much' going on during this weekend. Delfi-C3 was heard on all passes over Delft and on several across the world, including the United States and New Zealand. One of the passes this morning had Delfi-C3 in emergency mode, but the next orbit it was in science mode again. The spacecraft is still in healthy condition, approaching one week in orbit!  

Vanavond is het dan zover, de BT is binnen en als vanouds zal rond 20:00 uur het 70 cm relais (430.350 MHz) op de Neherkade aangaan !!
Het eerste uur zal het relais bemand zijn en zullen er voor de eerste 50 verbindingen een speciale QSL kaart zijn!! 
We hopen dat iedereen veel radio plezier beleefd aan PI2HGL.