Who are we?
The University of Manitoba Space Applications and Technology Society (UMSATS) is one of University of Manitoba’s largest interdisciplinary student groups. Our team consists of passionate, driven, and hardworking students ranging from first year to graduate, and from many faculties including engineering, science, business, education and kinesiology. The society was established and began its activities in October 2010.
Since 2010, UMSATS has developed 5 iterations of our TSAT nano satellite. Our fourth iteration, TSAT-4, won first place at the Canadian Satellite Design Challenge (CSDC) in 2018. Its successor, TSAT-6 (TSAT-5 was not built due to COVID-19) followed that up with another CSDC win in 2023. We are currently working on TSAT-7 which builds upon the previous iteration and is our most ambitious project to date.
Founded in 2018, UMSATS’ newest endeavor aims to expose students to the explosive field that is rocketry. After successively launching our inaugural rocket, Winnie, at the 2019 Spaceport America Cup, we have built multiple iterations since and competed at both Spaceport America and the Launch Canada Challenge. Our newest challenge, currently in progress, is developing a student-made hybrid propulsion system to eventually replace the commercial motors used in past flights.
