Oakwood to Contact ISS Via Amateur Radio in April
Oakwood School expects to make live contact with astronauts aboard the International Space Station the week of April 20, 2025. This event, facilitated via am...
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NyanSat Avionics Overview
Avionics, a portmanteau of “aviation electronics,” are essential for the functionality of any satellite, including NyanSat. Without a reliable power and elec...
Oakwood Students to Present at 2025 CubeSat Developers Workshop
We’re thrilled to announce our participation in the 2025 CubeSat Developers Workshop, taking place from April 22–24 at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. This presti...
NyanSat featured in Independent School Magazine
We’re so excited and grateful that NyanSat has been featured in Independent School Magazine! In the Winter 2024 issue, a full page article describing our pr...
CAM and Machining of NyanSat
As NyanSat designs to push the boundaries of what is possible in space, the Oakwood Engineering lab has recently been upgraded with a 3-axis gantry milling m...
Oakwood Students Successfully Monitored an ARISS Contact
On October 18, 2024, members of the NyanSat team listened in on a radio communication between NASA and a school in Oregon as part of NASA’s ARISS (Amateur Ra...
NyanSat in the News
It’s been an exciting few weeks after our CSLI selection. We’re extremely grateful to have been chosen, and have been putting a lot of work in on our satell...
NyanSat Selected by CubeSat Launch Initiative!
Oakwood School’s student-built small satellite, NyanSat, has just been selected to launch to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s CubeSat Launch...