NyanSat Satellite - Nanosats Database

Satellite name	NyanSat
Spacecraft type	CubeSat
Units or mass	2U
Status	not launched, expected in 2026
Launcher	not launched
Organisation	Oakwood School
Institution	School
Entity type	Academic / Education
Nation	US
Oneliner	A technology demonstration and educational outreach satellite built by high school students at Oakwood.
Description	Designed and built by a K-12 independent school in rural California. This mission will serve as template for educational outreach and space technology development. NyanSat features several technology development payloads, each designed to test and demonstrate the efficacy of various new systems in the space environment. Included among these are the acoustic spacecraft mapping and sounding payload, aimed at simplifying sensor architectures in spacecraft and providing supplementary mission information, and the cryptographic ledgers in space payload, intended to verify the feasibility of space-based digital notaries for on-Earth and in-geospace transactions.
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Last modified: 2024-05-29