See below the overview of Newsletters published by the TU Delft Space Institute.
Even more impressive is that the satellite is still functional and continues to send signals to Earth. Delfi-C3 was the first satellite designed and built by staff and students at TU Delft and the first ever Dutch nanosatellite to be launched. The small satellite demonstrates, amongst others, thin film solar cells and autonomous wireless sun … Continued
SRON and TU Delft are on a mission for revelation of the process of star-evolution in greater detail with Dutch technology. NASA recently approved the budget for the balloon-borne telescope mission GUSTO which is led by University of Arizona. The GUSTO telescope will be equipped with three Dutch ‘cameras’ for three different ‘colours’ in the … Continued
Based on the most recent news from Springer, two publications from members of the TU Delft Space Institute (DSI) made it to the top 10 of the list with the “most downloaded research of 2017” from all mechanical engineering journals from Springer. The DSI is of course very proud of this achievement. This concerns the … Continued
Recently, the TU Delft has submitted two proposals for PIPP (Partnerships for Space Instruments & Applications Preparatory Programme). The aim of the PIPP knowledge network regulations is to advance the international position of The Netherlands in the area of the development and use of space instruments, by supporting expertise networks. TU Delft coordinated the preparation … Continued
On November 9th, the TU Delft Space Institute joined forces with TNO to organize the “Innovate your Space” Symposium at the Art Centre Delft. 120 experts from industry, knowledge institutes, government and academia attended the day, full of effective and fruitful discussions and meeting old and new partners and collaborators. The symposium was kick-started by … Continued
DESHIMA is a completely new type of astronomical instrument with which a 3D map of the early universe can be constructed. In early October, Dutch and Japanese researchers installed the DESHIMA measurement instrument under the ASTE telescope in Chile. Over the past few days, DESHIMA has recorded light from an astronomical source for the first … Continued
The Department of Space Engineering in cooperation with the Else Kooi Laboratory and the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq – Brazil) has been developing micropropulsion systems for use in nano- and pico-satellites (satellites below 10 kg) as an effort to improve and extend the capabilities of these spacecraft. Currently, two different thrusters … Continued
The SSP will be hosted by the Netherlands Space Office (NSO), TU Delft, Leiden University and ESA-ESTEC. The program is from 25 June to 24 August 2018, and will mostly take place at the TU Delft campus More than 200 graduate students, space industry professionals and ISU Staff from over 30 countries will convene in The … Continued
A team of researchers, the TU Delft GrapheneX-team, is preparing an experiment to test graphene in space-like zero-gravity, for potential future use as a light sail in space-craft propulsion, such as for Starshot (article Volkskrant May 27th 2017, in Dutch). The GrapheneX team successfully submitted their experiment proposal to ESA Education’s Drop Your Thesis! Programme in October … Continued
On November 9th, the TU Delft Space Institute together with TNO will organize a full-day symposium. This event is a unique opportunity to discuss and get updated on state of the art research and the challenging aspects for future space. The program will be an intense mixture of presentations, poster sessions, panel discussions as well as matchmaking with … Continued