The ASU Sun Devil Satellite Laboratory (SDSL) is a student-led organization dedicated to the design, construction, and operation of small satellites and space systems. We provide hands-on experience in aerospace engineering, software, and project management, empowering students to contribute to real-world space missions.
SquidSat
SquidSat is a 3u CubeSat that provides a universal satellite CubeSat bus with plug-in-play technology along with flying two other payloads in partner with Luminosity Laboratory and Power Electronics and Energy Conversion Lab.
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ASCEND High Altitude Balloon
Arizona Space Grant program designed to engage undergraduate students from the state of Arizona to build, design, fly, operate, and analyze for a full space mission cycle.
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Pulsed-Plasma Thruster
Pulsed-plasma thrusters may be attached to satellites to allow for attitude control as well as maintaining/dismissing orbit. Their small size, long lifetime, and unintrusive design can significantly benefit the longevity of missions for little design cost.
Attitude Determination and Control System (ADCS)
The ADCS system is developed for the purpose of providing SDSL's modular bus system with pointing capabilities. This is intended to improve the bus and increase variability in payloads.
ADCS: Ferrofluid
This is intended to be a novel research project using electromagnets to spin ferrofluid around a tank, generating a torque on the satellite. This is intended to provide the science communities with new ways to approach satellite attitude control.
K-12 Program
The K-12 program is dedicated to introducing young students to engineering and the aerospace industry by tabling at various high schools within the Arizona community.
Ground Station
The ground station is the primary way we communicate with our satellites in orbit. We construct our own rotation and antenna systems, working on the software and electronics from end-to-end.
