Six midshipmen attended the CubeSat Developers Workshop at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obsipo, California in April 2026. This annual conference brings together industry leaders, researchers and students... Read more
On March 29, 2026, the midshipmen from the USNA Amateur Radio Club (ARC) assisted with emergency communications at the Baltimore and Annapolis Trail Half Marathon, in which the USNA Marathon Team competed. The B&A Half... Read more
On March 17, 2026, the midshipmen from the Satellite Capstone Team and the Navy Space ECA represented the Naval Academy Small Satellite Program at the Department of the Navy Space Experiment Review Board (SERB), which reviews and ranks... Read more
At noon on Friday, December 12, midshipmen from the 13th company began the annual Army-Navy Ball Run from Tecumseh Court. Although Annapolis and Baltimore are 29.5 miles apart, the winding route selected by the Midshipman traversed 36.5... Read more
Midshipmen Isabella Fernald and Jack Phelan presented "Optical Observation of Mola CubeSat in Orbit Using Ground Telescope" at the 2025 Small Satellite Conference in Salt Lake City, UT, which ran from August 11-13, 2025. The... Read more
Eight midshipmen presented at the CubeSat Developers Workshop in San Luis Obsipo, CA from April 22-24, 2025. 1/C MIDN Andrew Bui, Andrew Cabral, Abbey Parker, Connor Pettigrew and Lev Salov presented OSPREY VAOPRSAT, a 2U... Read more
Cadets from the United States Air Force Academy visited USNA from April 11-14, 2025 to collaborate with USNA midshipmen on the Naval Academy Small Satellite Program and the Midshipmen Space Operations Team (MSOPS). For NASSP,... Read more
On April 9, 2025, twelve Volunteer Examiners from the Anne Arundel Radio Club administered the Amateur Radio exam to 39 midshipmen, including 19 2/C Aerospace Engineering majors enrolled in EA367, Spacecraft Power and... Read more
On February 27, 2025, the Department of Aerospace Engineering presented its annual Astronaut Convocation, which brought together eight astronauts for a panel discussion and meet-and-greet in Mahan Hall. The convocation was... Read more
Cadets from USMA visited USNA from February 21-22, 2025 to deliver solar panel printed circuit boards and to assemble the solar panels for USNA-16, the 3U CubeSat designed and built by midshipmen Capstone students as part of the Naval... Read more
Before the USMA cadets and USNA midshipmen march onto the field for the annual Army- Navy Football Game comes the 43-year-old Game Ball Run tradition, where students run footballs from their respective institutions to the stadium... Read more
On November 22, 2024, 1/C Aerospace Engineering majors in the Astronautical Track presented their Capstone projects at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Young Professionals, Students and Educators Conference,... Read more
Aerospace Engineering majors MIDN Ethan Austermann, Brian DiMascio,Michael Huntington and Taiwo Wusu attended the Small Satellite Education Conference at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, accompanied by Professor Jin Kang, CAPT Mike... Read more
On September 26, 2024, 3/C lab classes in EM221 (Mechanics for Nuclear Engineering, taught by Professor Samar Malek) took an on-yard field trip to observe bolt replacement on the counterweight system of the 12m satellite antenna on... Read more
Continuing a long legacy of amateur radio at USNA and in the Navy, the USNA Amateur Radio Club (W3ADO) has been approved by the Anne Arundel Radio Club Board to operate an autonomous net on the W3VPR 147/075 (PL 107.2) repeater. The... Read more
In August 2024, Midshipmen Josh Moran, James Roney and Khush Thakor attended the Small Satellite Conference in Logan, Utah, accompanied by Aerospace Engineering faculty Dr. Jin Kang and CAPT Mike Sanders and SSEL engineer Christine... Read more
On June 25, 2024, the USNA Space Systems Engineering Lab was accepted into the Academic Engagement Enterprise (AEE) of the United States Space Command (USSPACECOM). This collaborative relationship seeks to engage the future... Read more
Culminating a yearlong effort in collaboration with the Naval Postgraduate School, USNA became the 10th node on the Mobile CubeSat Command and Control (MC3) network in April 2024, with the installation of a radome/antenna... Read more
RSat is a prototype 3U-CubeSat that demonstrates the use of a small satellite platform for on-orbit survey and repair of conventional spacecraft. Conceived, designed, built and operated by USNA... Read more
