How it works

How the team is organised

CavSat is entirely student-run. Undergraduates hold every technical role: systems, structures, avionics, flight software, comms, and recovery. Faculty advisors mentor the team, but design authority sits with the students.

The process is the one the competition enforces: preliminary design review, critical design review, then flight readiness. Our CanSat design cleared CDR and qualified for the 2026 competition with a near-perfect score.

    Where you would fit

    Six subteams

    You join one and own part of its subsystem. Interfaces between subteams are controlled by the systems lead, so most members work across more than one before they graduate.

      See integration and test in progress

      Get involved

      Come build a satellite.

      Fill out the interest form so we know you are coming, then join the Discord and turn up to a meeting.

      Open to all majors, all schools, and all years.