Official name OBJECT C
Alternative name Duchifat-3
Cospar ID 2019-089C
Norad ID 44854
Launch date 2019-12-11
Launch site SRI
Launch vehicle PSLV-QL
Country/Organization Israel
Type application Technology, earth observation, education
Operator Space Laboratory of the Herzliya Science Center
RCS size SMALL
Decay date ON ORBIT
Period (min) 93.19
Inclination (deg) 36.94
Perigee (km) 428
Apogee (km) 433
Eccentricity 0.00580720092915215
Mean motion (revs. per day) 15.4523017491147
Semi-Major axis (km) 6808.635
Raan (deg) 92.5506
Arg of perigee (deg) 226.3874
Shape Box
Mass (kg) 4
Height (m) 0.3
Width (m) 0.1
Depth (m) 0.1
Contractors Space Laboratory of the Herzliya Science Center
Equipment ?
Propulsion None
Configuration CubeSat (3U)
Power Solar cells, batteries

The Israeli student satellite Duchifat-3 is an experimental and educational spacecraft developed and built by students of secondary schools at the Space Laboratory of the Herzliya Science Centre (HSC). It is built to the 3U CubeSat standard.

Duchifat-3 has three missions which will operate in parallel:

  • high-school students educational satellite
  • on-board camera for earth imaging
  • amateur radio transponder and APRS digipeater

It will be launched in late 2019 on an Indian PSLV-QL rocket.

Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
OBJECT C 2019-089C 2019-12-11 SRI PSLV-QL with RISAT 2BR1, QPS-SAR 1, 1HOPSat TD, Pathfinder Risk Reduction, Lemur-2 108, ..., 111, NANOVA