• <100kg
• Single satellite or constellation
• Any orbit
• Feasibility of selection is taken into account in judging

CONFIRMED JUDGES

• Prof. Herman Steyn 

Head of Satellite Engineering and Control Systems, Stellenbosch University

• Prof. Robert Van Zyl 

Director of the French South African Institute of Technology, Cape Peninsula University of Technology

• Khalid Manjoo 
  

Co-Founder & Chief Technical Officer, Astrofica Technologies

• Stan Kennedy 

President and CSE, Oakman Aerospace, Inc.

• Mike Kearney 

Chief Executive Officer, CubeSpace Satellite Systems

• Allen Herbert 

Vice President Business Development and Strategy, Nanoracks

• Fikiswa Majola

Deputy Director of Space Science and Technology, South African Department of Science and Innovation

The 4 finalists teams (irrespective of team size) will receive a maximum 2 free conference registrations and will need to present their proposal in person (unless otherwise arranged) at a special session during the Symposium.

There are large cash prizes up for grabs for both the winning and runner-up teams.

Format of the abstract submissions?

• 5 pages maximum

Sections:

1. Applicant Details

2. Why?

• Why is this proposal necessary towards alleviating poverty in Africa?
• What are your mission objectives?

3. What?

• What are you proposing?
• How will the satellite look?
• What orbit will it be launched in?
• What is the ground segment requirements?
• What will it do?
• What would be done with the data (if applicable)?

4. How?

• What would be needed to realize this mission?
• What is the feasibility of this?
• What are the main risks to the mission (i.e technical, financial, political, etc)?

5. References

Concept Originality – New/Novel/Innovative/Impact/Value

• 50%

Proposal Feasibility – Technical/Financial/Logistical/Political/Sustainable

• 50%