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Duchifat 3 [Herzliya Science Center]
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.
| Nation: | Israel |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Technology, earth observation, education |
| Operator: | Space Laboratory of the Herzliya Science Center |
| Contractors: | Space Laboratory of the Herzliya Science Center |
| Equipment: | ? |
| Configuration: | CubeSat (3U) |
| Propulsion: | None |
| Power: | Solar cells, batteries |
| Lifetime: | |
| Mass: | |
| Orbit: | 500-600 km approx SSO |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duchifat 3 | 2019-089C | 11.12.2019 | Sr FLP | PSLV-QL | with RISAT 2BR1, QPS-SAR 1, 1HOPSat TD, Pathfinder Risk Reduction, Lemur-2 108, ..., 111, NANOVA |
Launch Sites:
- Sr = Satish Dhawan Space Center (Sriharikota Space Center), Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, India
References:
- IARU: Duchifat 3
Further Duchifat missions:
