Hosted through the Earth and Space Sciences department, HuskySat-1 is a 3U (30cm x 10cm x 10cm) satellite manifested for launch into low earth orbit in late 2018 or early 2019. HuskySat-1 is primarily an undergraduate research effort, but includes graduate students and industry partnerships. It spans many departments including Earth and Space Sciences, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, and many others. The mission goals are to establish a space presence for the University of Washington, and to test novel hardware fabricated here at the University of Washington. Of particular interest are the Pulsed Plasma Thruster (PPT), a plasma propulsion device designed and fabricated entirely at the University of Washington in the Advanced Propulsion Labratory, and the K-band communication system, a high-frequency, high-gain antenna capable of transmitting data at megabits per second from orbit to Earth. The satellite also includes several other subsystems including power, attitude control, structures, computers and data handling, and low-gain communication. The mission strives to provide experience in real-life engineering to the entire team, and we achieve this by attempting to build as much of each of these subsystems from scratch as possible. Not only does this provide the most possible experience, but we are also able to grow our mission scope and customize our requirements without the excessive budget attached with many pre-made satellite components. We plan to present on the current and planned state of the mission, what we have learned in the process of designing and building this mission, and our next plans for further space exploration at the University of Washington.