University of Saskatchewan Space Design Team - USST

University of Saskatchewan Space Design Team - USST The USST is a student group at the University of Saskatchewan. We are an interdisciplinary/intercollege team which competes in international challenges.

Since forming in 2005, the USST has created a name for itself as a world leader in power-beaming technologies. That’s the result of participating four times in the Elevator: 2010 Competition, a NASA Centennial Challenge. It’s the result of wirelessly powering a robotic Space Elevator to three first place finishes, and setting several world records—including the most power wirelessly beamed, and fa

stest power beamed climbs—along the way. In 2010, we took our NASA experience overseas to Japan where we set the fastest climb with our battery powered climber – having a power to weight ratio greater than a Formula 1 race car – in the 2nd Annual Japan Space Elevator Technology and Engineering Competition. Over the years, the USST has earned a reputation of excellence and innovation through dominating a variety of space technology competitions around the globe. From September 2010 to September 2012 we designed a nanosatellite as a part of the Canadian Satellite Design Challenge. During this we placed third in the Critical Design Review and had out team photo displayed in the Canadian Embassy in Washington as a part of the display "50 Years in Space". Today the team has moved his focus to a whole new aspect of space technology. We are now designing a robot to excavate the lunar surface and hope to participate in the annual NASA Lunabotics Mining Competition.

🚀 USST Winter Recruitment Night 🚀 Soar to new heights with the USST and explore the growing Canadian Aerospace sector!Th...
01/19/2026

🚀 USST Winter Recruitment Night 🚀
Soar to new heights with the USST and explore the growing Canadian Aerospace sector!

The University of Saskatchewan Space Design Team (USST) is hosting our Winter Recruitment Event on:

📅 January 20
⏰ 6:00 PM
📍 Engineering 2C40

USST is a multidisciplinary design team, and we welcome students from all majors and backgrounds. No prior experience is required — just interest and willingness to learn. We have opportunities ranging from organizational and leadership roles to hands-on technical and engineering positions.

If you’re interested in space, rocketry, satellites, engineering, project management, media, finance — or you’re a current member looking to get more involved — this is a great opportunity to connect with the team.

Bring a friend, ask questions, and come see what we’re building 🚀

said it best; “can only go UP from here!”🎶 Our team is currently in Timmins, ON at the Launch Canada Challenge ready to...
08/17/2025

said it best; “can only go UP from here!”🎶

Our team is currently in Timmins, ON at the Launch Canada Challenge ready to launch our second-ever high powered rocket, UP! Stay tuned to learn more about our rocket, the process and some sneak peaks into competition shenanigans!🚀

We made it! Thank you everyone who made it to the USST end of year BBQ! A special thanks to all the grads this year, we ...
04/14/2025

We made it! Thank you everyone who made it to the USST end of year BBQ!
A special thanks to all the grads this year, we know you’ll go on to do great things!

Feeling nerdy? Come cheer on our team members as they present at the Saskatoon Nerd Nite on Tuesday October 2nd!
09/27/2024

Feeling nerdy? Come cheer on our team members as they present at the Saskatoon Nerd Nite on Tuesday October 2nd!

Join us on October 5th and 6th for the Saskatoon outlet event of NASA’s International Space Apps Challenge! Everyone is ...
09/27/2024

Join us on October 5th and 6th for the Saskatoon outlet event of NASA’s International Space Apps Challenge! Everyone is welcome! Signup link can be found in our link tree!

See you all soon!
09/11/2024

See you all soon!

Some 👍 moments from the competition so far:1. We passed the visual inspections2. The judges did a pre-launch evaluation ...
08/18/2024

Some 👍 moments from the competition so far:
1. We passed the visual inspections
2. The judges did a pre-launch evaluation
3. We assembled our motor; due to the explosive nature of the motor it was shipped directly to Timmins for assembly. It will remain under the care of some Launch Canada experts until our rocket is put on the launch pad and is ready to launch.
4. After a master class with a resident expert, our main parachute is folded and ready for deployment!

The first two days of the Launch Canada competition are conference days. We have been enjoying sharing the details of ou...
08/18/2024

The first two days of the Launch Canada competition are conference days. We have been enjoying sharing the details of our project, networking with other teams and experts, and attending the presentations. We have been “fueling up” on great ideas that we can apply to the next rocket!

Don’t forget to purchase your USST and RADSAT-SK merch!! Deadline is Nov 4 at 11:59pm
11/01/2022

Don’t forget to purchase your USST and RADSAT-SK merch!! Deadline is Nov 4 at 11:59pm

Two of the RADSAT-SK project managers, Dustin Preece and Layne Ransom, attended the IEEE International Conference on Wi...
10/23/2022

Two of the RADSAT-SK project managers, Dustin Preece and Layne Ransom, attended the IEEE International Conference on Wireless for Space and Extreme Environments (WiSEE) in Winnipeg, MB. They gave a presentation on the abstract entitled “Lessons Learned thus far in the CCP RADSAT-SK CubeSat Design Project” with authors Layne Ransom, Dustin Preece, Arliss Sidloski, and Dr. Sean Maw. The conference was an incredible learning opportunity and many connections were made with other CubeSat teams!!

Thanks for coming to the recruitment event, everyone! We had an unreal turnout! Reminder that there is a new member orie...
09/16/2022

Thanks for coming to the recruitment event, everyone! We had an unreal turnout! Reminder that there is a new member orientation this Saturday (September 17) @ 12pm in Eng 2C02 - all are welcome!

Some very exciting news for RADSAT-SK: the timer board has been completely tested and is fully functioning!! The entire ...
09/15/2022

Some very exciting news for RADSAT-SK: the timer board has been completely tested and is fully functioning!! The entire team would like to thank for all the help they provided over the summer. We would not have a mission without Luc and his team, so their contributions mean so much to us. THANK YOU!!!

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