Event

Event Classification: Educational 
Event Name: From Satellites and Beyond: A HSL and Our Journey to The Moon
Date(s) & Time: Sunday July 20th, 2025 at 12:00 pm-3 pm Dubai Time 

Event Description: 

This event would be a 2 hour info session and talk-back on the state of HSL: Where we’ve been, where we are, and where we’re going. 

Location(s): This will be a zoom event filmed at different lab spaces and HSL hubs around the University of Washington. 

UW Locations: 

1. Upper Lab – AERB
2. Lower Lab – AERB
3. ECE 403 Conference Room – ECE

Organizing Institution(s) & Contact Information:

Email: cubesat@uw.edu

Main point of contact: Hayley Cox, haylec@uw.edu

Event Itinerary: 

Time Allotted	Activity/Talk  Purple -> Audience Participation Yellow -> Talk or Presentation	Location at UW Where Zoom is being recorded
5 min	Husky Satellite Lab (HSL) Intro – Welcome Video – Brief summary HSL and goals towards a lunar mission with support of past and current missions	Lower Lab – Aerospace Engineering Research Building, UW Seattle WA
15 min	HSL Past: HS-1 – HS-1 Mission Narrative – Models and pictures – Connection with interplanetary vision
10 min	Q&A Session
40 min	HSL Current: HS-2, PHAT-3, and CHNOOK – HS-2 Mission Narrative Partnerships: UNP Subsystem overview: demos + models Connection with interplanetary vision – PHAT-3 Mission Narrative HS-2 Connection Models and CAD – CHNOOK Mission Narrative Images Partnerships: Blue Origin, University of Victoria, Mighty Crayon  HS-2 Connection Connection with interplanetary vision	ECE 403 Conference Room, Electrical and Computer Building, UW Seattle WA
10 min	Q&A Session
40 min	HSL Current and Future: HS-3 and Propulsion Division – HS-3 Mission Narrative and Mission Statement  Vision and mission approach Current efforts  Connection with interplanetary vision – Propulsion Division Division Mission Current R&D  CAD models, demos, developments Connection with interplanetary vision	Upper Lab: Aerospace Engineering Research Building, UW Seattle WA
15 min	Q&A Session
Total Time Requested: 2 hrs 15 minutes

Club Overview

Husky Satellite lab (HSL) is a fully student run registered student organization at the University of Washington (UW) dedicated to the research and development of novel Cube Satellite (CubeSat) technology with the goal of bringing UW to the Moon. The Husky Satellite Lab is providing students with the opportunity to collaborate with industry mentors, developing bleeding-edge technology, and partaking in one of the grandest engineering challenges of a Lunar mission that is planned to launch in the 2030s. Ultimately, one of the primary goals of the Husky Satellite Lab is to empower interplanetary exploration on a CubeSat level.
Currently, HSL is working on HuskySat-2 (HS-2), a 3U Low Earth Orbiter meant to investigate the performance of our in-house and open-source Star Tracker and Horizon Tracker systems nicknamed LOST  (Lost Open-source Star Tracker) & FOUND (FOund Universal Orbital Navigation Determiner). The objective of HS-2 is to eliminate reliance on GPS or other external infrastructures for orbital navigation. With a successful demonstration of LOST & FOUND, the HSL hopes to further enhance interplanetary exploration capabilities of future CubeSats.

Our next mission, HuskySat-3 (HS-3) is amongst one of the most novel uptakings in CubeSat development. HS-3, set to launch in the 2030s, will be a Lunar orbiter with the objective of mapping Subsurface Lunar Lava Tubes using a Ground Penetrating Radar within the Lunar Maria regions. These underground lava tubes are extremely promising candidates for long-term human habitation zones as they provide protection from natural phenomenon such as meteorites and radiation, as well as provide a stable temperature environment. Onboard HS-3 will be some of the most groundbreaking CubeSat technology to ensure mission success and longevity. The success of HS-3 not only shines light on the viability of long-term human settlements on the moon but also will carve the path for a CubeSat level exploration of our beloved moon. 

Furthermore, the HSL collaborates with various partners such as Blue Origin, Apex Space, and many more for many different developments and projects. Currently, the HSL is undertaking a mission in partnership with Blue Origin and our local community for a suborbital payload nicknamed CHNOOK. CHNOOK will deliver a flashdrive of artwork and meaningful messages that comes from K-College schools in the Washington area into space as well as continue HSL’s impact on interplanetary exploration by investigating the effects of launch and microgravity environments on a DNA nanostructure (“origami”) which have the potential to make future astronaut drug administration much more efficient.

By merging education with celebrating peaceful affairs in Lunar research at the University of Washington by HSL, the HSL hopes to achieve a peaceful mission meant to benefit all international space companies and institutions. Additionally, the HSL strives to further collaboration with international partners throughout the development of HS-3. Our vision is to advance scientific exploration on the Moon to unite industries across the globe for a collective goal of shared success.

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