Green Light Payload Qualification Test Campaign
As mentioned in our quarterly updates, DVS has received the green light from ESA to qualify our payload. This means we can go to Belgium to begin testing at ESA's facilities. The two-week test campaign is set to begin in April, with 8 of our team members taking...
DVS at SSEA
DVS recently attended the 5th Symposium on Space Educational Activities (SSEA) in Munich, and presented a poster about our work on the dice payload testing. Please find the poster below.
DVS x Eurocircuits
The Da Vinci Satellite is an educational project, both in its output and in its development. The project’s goal is to inspire the younger generation and to enthuse them for space exploration through a series of educational lessons and direct interaction with the...
Quarterly Updates – March 2026
Welcome to the March 2026 edition of the Da Vinci Satellite quarterly updates. We have continued working on our project and are excited to share what we have been up to lately. Our technical department is preparing our subsystems for testing that is coming up at the...
Quarterly Updates – November 2025
Welcome to the November 2025 edition of the Da Vinci Satellite quarterly updates. Since last quarter's edition the team has made a lot of progress on the certification process of the satellite with the ESA Fly Your Satellite! program and we are working on testing the...
Quarterly Updates – September 2025
Welcome to the September 2025 edition of the Da Vinci Satellite quarterly updates. This coming academic year these updates/newsletters are making a comeback! They'll be used to keep everyone in the loop about our progress in launching and operating our very own...
Yvar’s Retrospect on his Da Vinci Satellite Years
My time at Da Vinci Satellite started on a rainy afternoon in Texas. As I was rounding up my internship and preparing to return to Delft, I was looking for a new challenge to dive it and I saw that the Da Vinci Satellite Team was recruiting new members. Captivated by...
Dominique’s Retrospect on her Da Vinci Satellite Years
I first learned about ‘Da Vinci Satellite’ in the Spring of 2022, through the Aerospace Engineering study association; the VSV ‘Leonardo da Vinci’. I saw an inspirational team, unique in not just giving university students the opportunity of working on a real space...
Newfound Support from ESA
We are excited and proud to announce the newest supporter of Da Vinci Satellite: the European Space Agency (ESA). The team was able to secure this collaboration as part of the Fly Your Satellite! (FYS) programme, after a competitive selection process. The support from...
Testing Boards with Eurocircuits
The current collaboration with Eurocircuits has greatly contributed to the project, as it has helped the Da Vinci Satellite team go further into the testing phase. The team is now in a delicate phase: right at the finishing design touches, and about to begin more...