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Eligibility

  1. The competition is open to all nationalities and ages. Startups, companies, professionals, and students are all welcome to form teams.
  2. Each team is allowed to have 2-8 members, but the participants may not work on multiple teams. We recommend forming interdisciplinary teams.
  3. Each team may submit only one entry.
  4. Each team may have up to 2 mentors/teachers (optional), but the participants cannot serve as mentors/teachers for their own team or any other team.
  5. To ensure fairness, team names, project titles, submitted documents (preliminary and final review), videos, and presentations must not reveal team information, including names (team members and mentors/teachers), affiliations (companies, schools, etc.), or any identifiable images (photos, logos, etc.). Violators will be disqualified. Only team members may participate in trainings and enter the presentation venue.

Themes

We focus on four key areas: “Ground Equipment and Services,” “Satellite Manufacturing,” “Satellite Services,” and “Satellite Launch”; the rest are categorized as “Others.” Participants are invited to propose relevant service scenarios and innovative solutions in these fields.

Ground Equipment & Services

  • Ground Stations: RF equipment, array antennas, power supply equipment, printed circuit boards, related electronic and mechanical components, data modulation and control, and others.

  • User Terminals: Very-small-aperture terminals (VSATs), array antennas, and data modulation and control, and others.

Satellite Manufacturing

  • Antennas and RF/baseband components and chips, software satellites, telemetry payloads, propulsion, and others.

Satellite Services

  • Satellite communication applications and solutions, edge computing technology, satellite broadband services, satellite IoT services, satellite voice and narrowband data transmission, and integrated ICT services.

  • Satellite remote sensing and image recognition, data processing, and other services.

  • Satellite network security and resilience, data encryption, quantum communication, and other services.

Satellite Launch

  • Launch service matchmaking, launch service agency, and launch mission consulting and management, and others.

Other

  • AI-powered solutions, space debris removal, space radiation detection, spacecraft inspection technologies, space agriculture, microgravity experiments, and others.

Judging and Criteria

Implementation Category

Stage

Review Methods

Submission Items
Preliminary Review

Online Submission (in English)

  • Submit written materials.

    Prepare a 10-slide proposal describing your project concept.
Final Review

Proposal Report and Project Demonstration Review (in English)

  • Prepare your proposal presentation.

  • Provide a visual display of the project, for example, the product, the prototype, a 3D model, dashboard, simulation, or other representations.

  • Provide a 90-second project description video (with English subtitles).

Overview: Sponsor Special Topic

To increase the international visibility of the product and inspire innovative space solutions, the competition invites international space companies to present challenges that would address the industry needs and connect them. This will give the competition teams the opportunity to brainstorm solutions, facilitating exchanges between the space industry and emerging talents.

Sponsor Special Topic - Proposed by ispace

ispace

This Sponsor Special Topic is an opportunity to bridge industry needs with creative space solutions, pushing the boundaries of satellite applications.

Mission Briefing
Mission Briefing

Please refer to the Participant Section - Document Download Section after login.
Other Requirements
Other Requirements

Proposal should fit under an 8U cube, weighing under 5kg total.

Registration

Stage

Evaluation

Submission
Registration

• Evaluation: Online Submission (in English)
• Submission: Submit written materials. Prepare proposal no more than 10-slide to describe your concept.
Final Review

Stage

Evaluation

Submission
Final Review

• Evaluation：Online Submission (in English)
• Submission： Submit written materials. Prepare updated proposal no more than 15-slide to further elaborate your concept.