The third Space Universities CubeSat Challenge (China) was recently co-hosted by the International Astronautical Federation (IAF) and the Chinese Society of Astronautics (CSA), and organized by the Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT), the Space Universities Administrative Committee of the International Astronautical Federation, and the Dalian University of Technology.
Four teams from HIT received awards, including one grand prize, one first prize, one excellence award, and one high-level paper award. HIT received the outstanding organization award, and 10 HIT teachers were honored with excellent instructor awards.

The grand-prize ceremony (second from the left is the representative of HIT's winning team). [Photo/hit.edu.cn]

The ceremony for the first prize of the design and prototype (second from the left is the representative of HIT's winning team) and the high-level paper award (first from the right is the representative of HIT's winning team). [Photo/hit.edu.cn]

The excellence-award ceremony for the design and prototype (second from the left is the representative of HIT winning team). [Photo/hit.edu.cn]
The IAF-CSA Space Universities CubeSat Challenge is a high-level competition with broad international influence and is the first international competition jointly organized by the International Astronautical Federation and its alliance partners. The competition aims to discover innovative thinking among students both domestically and internationally, enhance aerospace innovation research capabilities, link theory with practice, and solve practical engineering problems, contributing to the dissemination of aerospace knowledge and the cultivation of innovative talent.

The winner list. [Photo/hit.edu.cn]
Editor: Yang Wenyu