INTERNATIONAL SPACE TOURNAMENT "ORBITA"

MEETING FOR SCHOOLCHILDREN AND STUDENTS

from the CIS, the EAEU, and other countries who are passionate about space exploration

TEAM COMPETITIONS

in Satellite Engineering

TEST FLIGHTS

into the stratosphere

EXHIBITION

of school engineering and research projects on space exploration from the CIS, the EAEU, and other countries

INTERNATIONAL SPACE EDUCATION FORUM

an educational and professional program for mentors and children, featuring meetings with space agencies and astronauts from participating countries

MEETING FOR SCHOOLCHILDREN AND STUDENTS

from the CIS, the EAEU, and other countries who are passionate about space exploration

TEAM COMPETITIONS

in Satellite Engineering

TEST FLIGHTS

into the stratosphere

EXHIBITION

of school engineering and research projects on space exploration from the CIS, the EAEU, and other countries

INTERNATIONAL SPACE EDUCATION FORUM

an educational and professional program for mentors and children, featuring meetings with space agencies and astronauts from participating countries

Regulations of the International Tournament "Orbita" updated on 30.04.2025

(Click on country for details)

Russia
Armenia
Uzbekistan
Kyrgyzstan
Belarus
Kazakhstan

India

ОАЭ

Saudi Arabia
Malaysia

CATEGORIES OF THE “ORBITA” INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT

Satellite building competition

  • TASKING OF PARTICIPANTS
  • PROVIDING SATELLITE CONSTRUCTOR KITS
  • LECTURES AND WEBINARS
  • RESEARCH PRESENTATION
  • FINALIZATION OF SATELLITES AT THE FINAL STAGE - PREPARATION FOR LAUNCH
  • STRATOSPHERIC LAUNCHES AND FINAL PRESENTATIONS WITH MISSION RESULTS

Competition of projects on astronautics

  • PROSPECTIVE SPACE PROJECTS
  • PREPARATION OF PROTOTYPES, MOCK-UPS, SOFTWARE WITH DESCRIPTION AND PRESENTATION
  • PERFORMANCES AND DEMONSTRATION OF RESULTS AT THE FINAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT
  • FEEDBACK FROM INTERNATIONAL SPACE EXPERTS

INTERNATIONAL SPACE EDUCATION FORUM

  • SPEECHES BY EXPERTS IN THE SPACE INDUSTRY AND SPACE EDUCATION FIELD
  • MEETINGS WITH ASTRONAUTS
  • MENTOR TRAINING
  • EXCURSIONS TO ROSKOSMOS STATE CORPORATION ENTERPRISES, MUSEUM COMPLEXES, PLANETARIUMS

2023-2024 CALENDAR FOR TOURNAMENT PARTICIPANTS

1 МАЯ — 1 ИЮЛЯ 2025 National selection for the Space Project Competition
1 ИЮЛЯ — 15 ИЮЛЯ 2025Approval of space projects for the finals (National stage)
MAY 1 - JUNE 1, 2025National stage of the satellite building competition
JULY 1. JULY 25, 2025Shipping CubeSat 3U kits for experiment preparation to the final round of the Satellite Building
JULY. - AUGUSTMission design by the finalists of the Satellite Building Competition
AUGUST 19-25, 2025Tournament Finals in Korolev and Moscow

2023-2024 CALENDAR FOR TOURNAMENT PARTICIPANTS

May 1
June 1
July 1
July 15
July 25
Aug 19
Aug 25

National stage of the satellite building competition

1 мая — 1 июня 2025

National selection for the Space Project Competition

1 мая — 1 июля 2025

Утверждение проектов по космонавтике на финал

1 июля — 15 июля 2025

Shipping CubeSat 3U kits for experiment preparation to the final round of the Satellite Building

1 июля — 25 июля 2025

Mission design by the finalists of the Satellite Building Competition

Июль — Август 2025

Tournament Finals in Korolev and Moscow

19 — 25 августа 2025

SCHEDULE FOR THE FINALS OF THE ORBITA TOURNAMENT 2024-2025

August 19th 
  • Finalists' arrival
August 20th
  • The official opening of the final of the Orbita tournament
  • The beginning of work in the laboratory of the Quantorium
  • Dating night
August 21th
  • RSC Energia Museum Tour
  • Working in the Quantorium, preparing satellites for launch, preparing presentations for protection 
  • A training program for mentors and teachers
August 22th
  • International Competition of Space Projects (online and offline)
  • Work at the Quantorium, preparing satellites for stratospheric launch
August 23th
  • Departure to the Kirzhach airfield
  • Satellite launch and flight support
  • Processing of results and preparation for protection in the Quantorium
August 24th
  • Protection of experimental results by participants of the satellite engineering competition
  • Meeting with astronauts
  • International Space Education Forum
  • Awarding of the participants of the International Space Tournament "Orbita"
  • Red Square Tour 
August 25th
  • Departure of participants

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Opening of the tournament
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Grand opening of the final of the International Space Tournament "Orbita" in Verkhnyaya Pyshma near Yekaterinburg (2024).

The opening ceremony started with raising the flags of the participating countries and speeches of the tournament organizers:

Ilya Ovchinnikova is Head of Development at Education of the Future and Program Manager,
Valentin Prokopyev - General Director of the Ekaterinburg Planetarium,
and Svetlana Mikhailova, head of the children's technology park "Quantorium" in Verkhnyaya Pyshma.

PARTICIPANT TEAMS 2023-2024

🇷🇺Russia
🇺🇿Uzbekistan
🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan
🇵🇼Казахстан
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PREPARATION OF CUBESATS BEFORE STRATOSPHERIC LAUNCH

Our participants were given an excursion of the Yekaterinburg Planetarium.

Valentin Prokopyev, the world parachuting champion and brother of the test cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev, showed us interesting exhibits of the museum and also took out a meteorite for us, with the help of which the guys made wishes.

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ILYA OVCHINNIKOV

Development Director of Education of the Future

National Committee of Russia

NORA SHAKHABOVNA RAKHIMOVA

Coordinator of StartupFactory.uz

National Committee of Uzbekistan

NURIYA TURDAKUNOVA BAIKALYKOVNA

President of the Lomonosov School NOC

National Committee of Kyrgyzstan

VLADIMIR ALEKSEEVICH SAECHNIKOV

Head of the Department of Physics and Aerospace Technologies of the Faculty of Radiophysics and Computer Technologies of Belgosuniversity, Scientific Director of the BSU Center for Aerospace Education

National Committee of Belarus

VLADIMIR ILYICH ZOLTOLKIN

Co-Chairman of the Organizing Committee of International Competitions on Space Technologies and Engineering Kazakhstan Smart Space

National Committee of Kazakhstan

BOLLU VISWANATHAN BASKARAN

Director of «Medovaya Consultants Private Limited»
Coordinator of engineering and space competitions in India

Indian National Committee

Д. Bharanidharan

Консультант по развитию бизнеса в ОАЭ, компания «Medovaya Consultants Private Limited», Мадурай, Тамил Наду, Индия

Национальный комитет ОАЭ