Space Camp 2025 (3 of 5): LCWU - Design, Build and Launch Your First Satellite
★ Exclusively for Female Participants ★
The third stop
of the Space Camp 2025 series arrived at one of Pakistan’s most
distinguished institutions for women — the Lahore College for Women
University (LCWU) — from 16 to 18 September 2025. This camp held a
special distinction in the entire series: it was designed exclusively for
female participants, making it a landmark event in promoting women in space
science and technology in Pakistan.
Organized by
the Space Research Center (SRC), University of Central Punjab (UCP), in
collaboration with SUPARCO’s Space Education & Awareness Drive (SEAD),
RESOLVE — Research Solutions & Ventures, and Lahore College for
Women University (LCWU), the three-day camp brought together talented
female students for a hands-on journey through satellite design, assembly, and
launch.
The camp was led by Dr. M. Kamran Saleem, Associate Professor and Director of SRC-UCP, and Dr. Muhammad Waseem, Director of RESOLVE (SUPARCO), whose exceptional efforts ensured that every participant left with both practical skills and a genuine sense of achievement.
The following video captures the complete journey of Space Camp 2025 at LCWU — from hands-on satellite subsystem training using the EYASSAT kit, to the exciting assembly and drone-assisted launch of the CANSAT Explorer. Watch Pakistan's young women space pioneers in action.
Day 1 — Inspiring the Next Generation of Women Space
Engineers
The camp opened on 16 September with a formal welcome session followed by an engaging opening lecture. Participants gathered in LCWU’s auditorium as the lead trainer took to the stage, presenting the fundamentals of satellite technology against a backdrop of impressive SRC aerospace exhibits — including a model rocket, a drone, CubeSat prototypes, and FloatSat models — all displayed on stage to give participants a tangible sense of what real space engineering looks like.
Day 2 — Building Pakistan’s Future in Space, One PCB at a
Time
On the second day, participants received their CANSAT Explorer Kits (CK-2508) — the indigenously developed educational satellite kits by SRC-UCP and RESOLVE. The hands-on assembly sessions brought out the best of the participants’ engineering instincts as teams worked through the five-PCB CANSAT build: integrating the OBC (ESP32-WROOM), ADCS sensors, Power Subsystem, GPS and data storage, and the ESP32-CAM payload.
The
determination and focus on display across the workshop tables was remarkable.
Teams debugged connections, validated sensor readings on their laptops, and
supported one another through every challenge. The spirit of collaboration and
curiosity that filled the room was a powerful reminder of the immense potential
that Pakistani women bring to the field of space technology.
Day 3 — Launch Day & Closing Ceremony
The final and most exciting day arrived on 18 September with the CANSAT launch demonstration. Participants stepped outdoors onto the LCWU grounds where the assembled CANSAT was carried aloft by a drone, soaring into the sky before being released to descend under its parachute while transmitting live telemetry data — temperature, pressure, altitude, and GPS coordinates — to the ground station below.
The sight of
their satellite in flight — a satellite they had assembled with their own hands
just the day before — was met with visible excitement and pride among the
participants. After landing and recovery, teams gathered to analyze the flight
data, completing the full satellite mission lifecycle from design to
deployment.
The camp concluded with a formal closing ceremony in which participants were awarded their Certificates of Participation. Faculty members, LCWU officials, and the organizing team gathered to celebrate the achievements of the participants, acknowledging not just their technical accomplishment but the broader significance of women taking a leading role in Pakistan’s space future.
A Camp That Made History
The LCWU
edition of Space Camp 2025 was more than just a satellite-building workshop —
it was a statement. By hosting an exclusively female cohort at one of
Pakistan’s oldest and most respected women’s universities, the organizing team
demonstrated that space education belongs to everyone. The brilliance,
dedication, and enthusiasm shown by each participant over three days made this
one of the most memorable camps in the entire series.
Organizing Institutions
Space Camp 2025
at LCWU was jointly organized by:
•
Space Research Center (SRC),
University of Central Punjab (UCP)
•
SUPARCO — Pakistan’s National Space & Upper Atmosphere Research
Commission
•
RESOLVE — Research Solutions & Ventures (SUPARCO)
•
Lahore College for Women
University (LCWU)
The camp was
also supported by SEAD (Space Education & Awareness Drive), Uraan Pakistan,
the Prime Minister’s Innovation Support & Startup Grants, the Ministry of
Planning, Development & Special Initiatives, Kalam4Solutions, and World
Space Week Pakistan.
With three
camps now successfully completed, the Space Camp 2025 series moves into its
final stretch. Next up: UET and ITU — each bringing the same life-changing
satellite-building experience to a new wave of Pakistan’s future space
engineers.
Stay tuned for our
coverage of the upcoming camps in the series!
#SpaceCamp2025 #SUPARCO
#UCP #LCWU #SEAD
#RESOLVE #WomenInSTEM #STEMeducation #WorldSpaceWeek #SpaceTechnology #SpaceExploration
Contact
Dr. M.
Kamran Saleem - Associate Professor | Director, Space Research
Center
Faculty of Engineering - Email: kamran.saleem@ucp.edu.pk
University of Central Punjab, Lahore, PAKISTAN
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