![Rendering of KUbeSat1 orbiting earth.](/sites/ae/files/styles/16_9_placeholder_/public/images/2022/KUbeSat1_Rendering_ReSize.png?h=0808bdec&itok=K661x02N)
KUbeSat Program
The KUbeSat organization, composed of teams of undergraduate and graduate students collaborating with faculty members and advisors, seeks to design and build cube satellites and their ground station systems. The goal is to encourage scientific and engineering discovery in aerospace and to provide the opportunity for students to directly work on astronautical research.
![Ground station antenna fully assembled in lab space.](/sites/ae/files/images/2022/GSAntenna_InLab.png)
Ground Station
The development of a ground station is necessary in order to send and receive vital data to the satellite as well as to control satellite orientation and location. The ground station is located on top of KU’s Eaton Hall, and is connected to a campus computer system for data analysis.
![A partially assembled KUbeSat1 with internal structure and black metal frame. This image depicts the satellite being held up vertically on a black piece of foam which rests upon a blue platform.](/sites/ae/files/images/2022/KUbeSat1.jpg)
Satellite Development
Cube satellites are small, lightweight, and relatively inexpensive satellites upon which high fidelity payloads can be mounted. Their small size and affordability help to explain their increasing role in the satellite industry.
Satellites
![The KUbeSat1 mission badge showing the earth in the distance with an emblem of KUbeSat1 hovering above the earth. Stars and space phenomena surround the satellite. 'The University of Kansas' is printed in the top margin of the badge, with 'KUbeSat1' and 'DEC 2020' displayed in the side margins.](/sites/ae/files/images/2022/Picture1%20mission_1.jpg)
KUbeSat1
![Organization patch for KUbeSat. The image depicts the side of the Earth with a cube satellite rounding the corner in orbit. Stars and a four leaf clover is depicted in the back ground. The yellow, blue, and red border shows two KU Jayhawks on either side, with the 'University of Kansas' printed on the top, and 'KUbeSat' printed on the bottom.](/sites/ae/files/images/2022/organization.jpg)
KUbeSat2
Hill Space Systems Laboratory
Located on the first floor of Learned Hall at KU, the Hill Space Laboratory provides a place where KUbeSat members can design and plan projects, and houses a cutting-edge clean room for KUbeSat assembly and testing.