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Satellite Research Group

SRG / Iowa State University

Buildingspacecraft.From Iowa.

Student spacecraft engineering at Iowa State University. From the first prototype to integrated hardware.

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Destination Dirt frame with the avionics stack, wiring and antennas installed during testing.
Destination DirtINTEGRATION

Iowa State UniversitySatellite Research Group

05Technical subteamsShared engineering

Destination DirtFeatured project

Real hardware. Shared ambition.

Satellite Research Group brings students together to design, build and integrate spacecraft systems. Our work connects physical hardware, avionics and the systems on the ground.

Meet the group

What we do

One team. Five disciplines.

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  1. RF & Ground Station

    Radio links and the ground systems that connect to our hardware.

  2. Structures

    Physical frames, mechanical interfaces and hardware integration.

  3. Embedded Software

    Software at the interface between code and physical systems.

  4. Electrical

    Electrical hardware, avionics interfaces and integration.

  5. Mission Design & Systems Engineering (MDSE)

    Mission-level thinking and systems testing across engineering disciplines.

Featured project

Destination Dirt

SRG’s first telemetry-returning CubeSat demonstrator in a 3U form factor.

INTEGRATION

High-altitude flight demonstrator

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Black printed frame rails and mounting components laid out before assembly.
Custom frame components before assembly.

On the workbench

Current & upcoming work

All projects

Upcoming work

HASP

Mission Partner: Collins Aerospace

SRG’s next major club-wide high-altitude project, intended to investigate plastic and microplastic particles in the upper atmosphere.

Ground systems

GroundSat

An MDSE-led, reusable hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) spacecraft testbed. Real hardware meets simulated mission inputs—on the ground, not in flight.

Ground Station

Persistent SRG ground infrastructure that also supports Destination Dirt.

From the group

Recent updates

All updates

Updates will appear here as the group shares project progress and news.

Working together

Partners & sponsors

Partners and sponsors

MISSION PARTNER

BRONZE

University Partners

HABET

AEREs

Get involved

Join the team. Build what’s next.

Interested in joining a technical subteam? Meet the team or get in touch.

Find your place

General MeetingsTuesday · 7:30 PMStudent Innovation Center (SIC)

WorkdaysThursday · 5:30 PMBlack Engineering computer lab