Design.Build.Fly.
UVA's student-run satellite team. We take spacecraft from requirements through design review, integration, and flight — and we are recruiting across every major.
Who we are
The University of Virginia CubeSat Team
CavSat is UVA’s student-run satellite design team, open to students of every major and every experience level. Members machine structures, lay out avionics, write flight firmware and ground station software, and model descent and recovery — essentially industry-grade spacecraft design.
We are building two satellite projects at once.
Start here
Have a look around
Two satellite projects, a student-run executive board, and a review cycle that runs from September to launch.
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About CavSat
Who we are, how the club runs, and where new members fit in.
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Our projects
CanSat, the competition we fly every summer, and the CavSat 3U CubeSat.
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The team
Executive Board, technical leads, and the faculty advisors who review our work.
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Photo gallery
Subsystem bring-up, fit checks, and hardware coming together on the bench.
Get involved
Come build a satellite.
Join the listserv, then join the Discord. That is where subteam channels, meeting times, and the design discussions live.
Open to all majors, all schools, and all years.