When you operate satellites and a ground station, as the TU Delft does, you need to comply with all the legal and regulatory aspects, which are in place. The procedure to show this compliance is done in an external audit. At the end of 2018, such a (repeat) supervision audit on TU Delft (auditee) took … Continued
As part of the NL-RIA project (Dutch network on small space-borne Radar Instruments and Applications), a meeting was held on February 11 with radar altimetry users. The aim was to exchange experiences and opinions on radar altimeters; user requirements on one hand versus design trade-offs on the other. One goal of NL-RIA is the exploration … Continued
The Heinz Stoewer Space Award is awarded on an annual basis to one MSc student or Young Graduate working in the space domain at the faculty of Aerospace Engineering of TU Delft. The objectives of the award are to distinguish students of the faculty for their Master theses, encourage and stimulate high-quality work of Master … Continued
Last summer Delft University of Technology collaborated with Netherlands Space Office (NSO), University of Leiden and ESA-ESTEC to host the Space Studies Program (SSP18) of the International Space University (ISU). In total there were 135 young space professionals gathered from all over the world, including 14 Dutch participants, participating in this intensive nine-week studies program. … Continued
The NERDlab (Networked Embedded Robotics in Delft) is a research and educational test laboratory, located at the Delft Center for Systems and Control within the premises of the TU Delft 3mE Faculty. It opened two years ago, with a focus on developing novel distributed algorithms in the field of robotics by providing a variety of … Continued
On November 14th, the TU Delft Space Institute joined forces with TNO and SRON to organize the “Innovate your Space” Symposium at the Art Centre Delft. More than 110 experts from industry, knowledge institutes, government and academia attended the day, full of effective and fruitful discussions and an opportunity to meet old and new partners … Continued
As the second keynote speaker on our symposium coming month, we are proud to present to you: Marc Valès, Space Programs Vice-President at Dassault Aviation. Marc has been playing for thirty years with all elements of European launchers family – Ariane 1 to 6, Soyuz and Vega – both in launch vehicle and ground segments. … Continued
We are happy to present to you our first keynote speaker: Egbert Jan van der Veen, Head of Technology at OHB System. Egbert is responsible for leading the R&D and technology developments at OHB System for all future missions and identifying and preparing for new business ventures. OHB System is the youngest of the European … Continued
Over the recent years bi- and multistatic SAR (Synthetic-Aperature Radar) saw a major push in terms of system, payload and application development. The recent progress made in bi- and multistatic systems is leading to an increased interest in this observation capacity in the scientific community and in an increase in the number of this type … Continued
On September 30th, the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) day took place. The IAA is a non-governmental organisation of experts committed to expanding the frontiers of space. On this occasion, Eberhard Gill, Director of the TU Delft Space Institute and Full Member of the IAA, had the honour to receive the Engineering Sciences Award of … Continued