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Bring SOUTHORBIT into your life by participating in experiences, learning engagements, and challenges that you can do on your own.
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Launches & Landings
Tune in to scheduled mission updates, live telemetry streams, and exclusive webinars with our lead engineers. Broadcasting live from our equatorial launch complex and Stellenbosch headquarters.
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SouthSat-1 successfully lifts off aboard a heavy-lift vehicle from the African Equatorial Space Force Station. The satellite is Africa's newest earth-observing platform that will help increase our understanding of the continent's climate and agriculture.
Help SOUTHORBIT Solve Challenges
We invite the public and African universities to develop solutions in support of our orbital missions. Below are current opportunities, including prize competitions, challenges, crowdsourcing, and solicitations that address the continent's aerospace needs.
SOUTHORBIT Tech Prize: Robotic Payload Challenge
The Robotic Payload Challenge is a pan-African competition to develop autonomous manipulators capable of extracting resources in microgravity.
Deep Space Human Sustainability Challenge
Our Bio-Research Program uses isolation studies in the Karoo to develop methods to protect the health and performance of astronauts in deep space.
Next-Gen Agricultural Telemetry Design Challenge
We are getting ready to deploy SouthSat-1. We invite universities to design custom filtering algorithms to maximize crop yield predictions.
Bring SOUTHORBIT into Your Space
Enhance student STEM engagement by providing hands-on activities and real-world problem-solving tasks that foster critical thinking and collaboration. Access interactive tools like telemetry simulations, climate data sets, and propulsion game platforms to help students build confidence and curiosity in African aerospace.
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Explore Student Opportunities
Multiple challenges and opportunities reaching a broad audience of middle and high schools, colleges, and universities across the African continent.
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