WatSat is the University of Waterloo Satellite Team that participates in the 2-year Canadian Satellite Design Challenge (CSDC). The main objective of the challenge is to use 3U nano-satellites (10cm x 10cm x 34cm) for novell missions as well as build the satellites out of mostly commercially available off the shelf components.
The next iteration of the CSDC starts in Fall 2014 and will wrap up in Spring 2016 with Environmental Testing of the satellites at the Canadian Space Agency in Ottawa, Ontario. The satellite team is made up of a wide variety of students from different departments and faculties. These students work on the various satellite systems (Attitude Control, Communications, Command & Data Handling, Payload, Power, and Structures) as well as on the Business (sponsorship and marketing).
Check out our website at watsat.ca.
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