ORCASat

Centre for Aerospace Research launches second satellite built by UVic students

MARMOTSat serves different purposes than ORCASat, and will be in orbit significantly longer. While ORCASat was only in orbit for six months, including two on the International Space Station (ISS),…

UVic Centre for Aerospace Research shows off drone, satellites outside B.C. Legislative Assembly

“We're really lucky at the centre that we don't really have work that we make up for co-op students, they do real engineering work on our real projects,” said Maddy…

ORCASat: How UVic students took an idea from campus to space

At 3 a.m. on Dec. 29, 2022 Levente Buzás counted down the seconds until ORCASat would be released into space.