- Meeting of schoolchildren from CIS and EAEU countries with a passion for astronautics
- COMMAND competitions in satellite construction
- STRATOSPHERIC TEST FLIGHTS
- EXHIBITION of school engineering and research projects on cosmonautics of CIS and EAEU countries
- Forum "INTERNATIONAL SPACE EDUCATION" - educational and business program for mentors and children, meetings with space agencies of the participating countries.
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DIRECTIONS OF THE INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT "ORBIT"
SATELLITE COMPETITION
SPACE PROJECT COMPETITION
Satellite building competition
- TASKING OF PARTICIPANTS
- PROVISION OF SATELLITE DESIGNERS BY THE ORGANIZERS
- CYCLE OF LECTURES
- RESEARCH PRE-DEFENSE
- FINALIZATION OF DEVICES AT THE FINAL STAGE - PREPARATION FOR LAUNCHING
- STRATOSPHERIC LAUNCHES AND CONDUCTING FINAL DEFENSES WITH FLIGHT RESULTS
Satellite building competition finals
- DEVELOPMENT OF AN EXPERIMENT ON BOARD THE SATELLITE AND DEFENSE OF THE PROJECT
- PROTOTYPE PRODUCTION
- TESTING OF THE PROTOTYPE IN THE STRATOSPHERE AS PART OF THE INTERNATIONAL FINALS
Competition of projects on astronautics
- ADVANCED SPACE PROJECTS
- PREPARATION OF PROTOTYPES, MOCK-UPS, SOFTWARE WITH DESCRIPTION AND PRESENTATION
- PERFORMANCES AND DEMONSTRATION OF RESULTS AT THE FINALS OF THE INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT
- FEEDBACK FROM INTERNATIONAL SPACE EXPERTS
INTERNATIONAL SPACE EDUCATION FORUM
- SPEECHES BY EXPERTS IN THE SPACE INDUSTRY AND SPACE EDUCATION
- COSMONAUT MEETINGS
-
MENTOR TRAINING
- VISITS TO THE ENTERPRISES OF LUXOSMOS, MUSEUM COMPLEXES, PLANETARIUMS
ORBIT TOURNAMENT FINALS SCHEDULE
| May 27 | - Arrival of finalists, preparation of satellites |
| May 28 | - Opening of the final of the Orbita tournament - Satellite preparation - Evening lectures |
| May 29. | - Preparing satellites for launch, preparing presentations for defense - Evening lectures |
| May 30 | - Stratospheric launch - Evening lectures |
| May 31. | Final Conference "International Space Education" with involving national committees, astronauts, space competition developers, space industry specialists |
| June 1. | Awarding of the participants of the International Space Tournament "Orbit" |
NATIONAL COMMITTEES
National Committee of Belarus
saetchnikov@bsu.by
PLACES (Ekaterinburg, Verkhnyaya Pyshma)
THE FINALS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE TOURNAMENT "ORBIT" ARE STILL TO BEGIN:
ORGANIZERS AND PARTNERS (2023-2024)
Regulations of the International Tournament "Orbit" updated on 22.12.2023
2023-2024 CALENDAR OF Tournament Participants.
| OCTOBER 1. 2023 - MARCH 10. 2024 | - Registration for the Project Competition - Individual registration of participants (14-18 years old) of the national stages |
| OCTOBER 1. 2023 - JANUARY 31. 2024 | - Registration for the Satellite Building Competition - Individual registration of schoolchildren (14-18 years old), students (up to 21 years old) national stages - Organization of general online seminars on space science |
| JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2023 (NATIONAL PHASE) | - Fulfillment of the qualifying task of the Satellite Building Tournament - Selection of participants in each country to present the project at the International Space Education" conference |
| MARCH-APRIL 2024 (PREPARING FOR FINALS) |
- Assembly and preparation of the experiment on board the satellite format constructor CubeSat 3U, sent to the - Selection and preparation of participants in each country to present the project at the International Space Education Conference |
| MAY 27-JUNE 1, 2024 (FINAL) |
International Finals in Yekaterinburg, Russia |
The grand opening of the final of the Orbit International Space Tournament took place in Verkhnyaya Pyshma near Yekaterinburg.
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,
as well as Svetlana Mikhailova, head of the children's technopark "Quantorium" in Verkhnyaya Pyshma.
Participating teams:
Our participants were given a tour 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.
