Delfi-PQ [Technical University of Delft]
Official name DELFI-PQ
Alternative name Delfi-PQ
Cospar ID 2022-002CU
Norad ID 51074
Launch date 2022-01-13
Launch site AFETR
Launch vehicle Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5)
Country/Organization Netherlands
Type application Technology
Operator Technical University of Delft
RCS size SMALL
Decay date 2024-01-09
Shape Box
Mass (kg) 0.6
Height (m) 0.15
Width (m) 0.05
Depth (m) 0.05
Span (m^2) 0.15
Contractors Technical University of Delft
Propulsion T3µPS
Configuration PocketQube (3P)
Power Solar cells, batteries

The Delfi-PQ (or Delfi-PocketQube) mission is a picosatellite developped in the ?Delfi Program? of the Technical University of Delft built to the 3P PocketQube form factor.

Delfi-PQ consists of a core platform which secures basic functionalities which will iteratively evolve over time. Advanced subsystems, suchs as for instance attitude determination and control, as well as payloads will be developed as seperate projects using a standard interface specification. Only when they are ready in hard- and software, and can be succesfully integrated and tested, they become a formalized part of the next satellite, either as a technology demonstration payload or as extended capability of the core platform. Once the first complete hardware baseline exists, there will be always be a launch-worthy satellite planned ready for integration. Development iterations will take place about every half year. When there are sufficient technologies/payloads succesfully integrated, Delfi-PQ will be launched (expected in 2018). After the first launch, development iterations will immediatly continue and the frequency of launches is expected to increase.

Delfi-PQ 1 was planned to be launched on the maiden flight of the small Vector-R launch vehicle in late 2019 from Kodiak, but was moved to a Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) rideshare mission in 2022.

Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
DELFI-PQ 2022-002CU 2022-01-13 AFETR Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) with Umbra 02, Capella 7, 8, ICEYE X14, X16, Sich 2-1, ION-SCV 004, Dodona, STORK 1, 2, LabSat, SW1FT, VZLUSAT 2, ETV A1, BRO 5, HYPSO 1, Kepler 16, ..., 19, Flock-4x 1, ..., 44, Lemur-2 148, 149, 150, Lemur-2 146, 147, DEWA-Sat 1, NuX 1, IRIS A, MDASat 1a, 1b, 1c, Gossamer Piccolomini, Tevel 1, ..., 8, Challenger, Delfi-PQ 1, Unicorn 2A, 2D, 2E, FossaSat 2E1, ..., 2E6, MDQube-SAT 1, SATLLA 2A, 2B, Unicorn 1, EASAT 2, HADES, Grizu-263a, PION-BR 1, SanoSat 1, Tartan-Artibeus 1, USA 320, ..., 323