28th Satellite Design Contest (2020)

1. Aims

This contest provides an opportunity to activate basic and applied research related to the space science and technology and is intended for high school students, technical college students, undergraduate and postgraduate students. It also aims to contribute to the expansion of space development in Japan.

We call on students to submit their free-thinking creative works including small satellites, various space related missions, design concepts etc., and will give awards to those groups (or individuals) who submit excellent works.

This contest also offers an opportunity for education by experts in satellite development. From this point of view, we will give appropriate guidance for challenging applications of satellite design of students, and encourage them to submit revised works again. 

2. Organizers  

The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME), The Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences (JSASS), The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE), The Society of Geomagnetism and Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences (SGEPSS), The Astronomical Society of Japan (ASJ), The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), The Society for Promotion of Space Science (SPSS), Japan Space Forum (JSF) ,Japanese Rocket Society

Co-sponsor: The Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences

Special Supporter: KDDI Co., Ltd.

Supporters: National Space Policy Secretariat, Cabinet Office,
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (TBC)

Planning & Operation: The Satellite Design Contest Executive Committee 

More details can be found here: http://www.satcon.jp/en/

5 SST teams participated in this competition for the first time. The students are:

TEAM	NAME	CLASS
A	MUHAMMAD ARASH BIN MAHADI	S2-04
A	JARRETT TAN YI JIE	S2-04
A	YEO ZONG WEI QUENTIN	S2-04
A	MARAMAG LUIS INIGO UGAY	S2-04
B	CHOY NING JUN DION	S2-07
B	REUEL FONG RUIZHI	S2-07
B	KARTHIKEYAN AAKARSHA KANNAN	S2-07
B	MARCUS LIM ZHI YING	S2-06
D	SEOW KIT HINT	S4-02
D	LOKE YI MING	S4-02
D	THI HAN SOE ZAW	S3-05
D	CHONG YU LIN	S3-05
E	CHIONG WEI JIE, SAMUEL	S2-04
E	ANG YU CHEN	S1-08
E	ALEX TAN JING ZHI	S1-06
E	IAN TAN YI ZHE	S1-04
F	JADE ONG SZE RU	S3-08
F	JESSEN EMMANUEL HANDOYO	S3-06
F	NG HONG RONG	S3-04
F	TAN SEH GUAN, KINNON LUKE	S3-03

This competition provided a good learning experience for students about Satellite Designs.