Mission II Registration Will Open in July 2025

Mission I – In Retrospective
Simulating for Impact – from Classroom to Cosmos

The winning teams reflect on their journey to the Grand Finale, the sparks that ignited their ideas, and the inspiration behind their success.

Episode 1
Eye in LEO

In this first episode, we’re catching up with the 2024 Champions, Voyagers UPM from Universiti Putra Malaysia, to relive their memories from the competition, and find out what they’ve been up to lately.

Episode 2
Flood Detection Innovation

We paid a visit to the International Islamic University Malaysia looking for IIUM Deimos team members who became the first runner-up last year.

Episode 3
Chasing Wildfires

In this final episode, we are going to the International Islamic University Malaysia again to meet the IIUM Callisto team who won second runner-up.

Solution Posters

The winning solutions from Mission I. Click on a poster to Download.

All rights to these concept designs are reserved by their respective teams. For inquiries regarding secondary usage — including, but not limited to, research collaboration, academic referencing, or commercial application — please contact CYBERNET Malaysia.

All solutions were designed, simulated, and optimized using Ansys Zemax OpticStudio.

Mission II

Registration for Mission II is not open yet.

The National Space Imaging Payload Competition is a simulation-based engineering challenge open to all universities, research institutes, and aerospace-related industry players in Malaysia.

Organized by CYBERNET Malaysia in collaboration with Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), this competition aims to raise awareness of the role of engineering simulation in space applications, spark innovation, and showcase the engineering talent of Malaysia’s next generation through hands-on training and real-world challenges.

More than just a competition, it’s a platform for the "Next Generation of Engineers" to spotlight innovative ideas with the potential to grow into commercial “Made in Malaysia” space technology solutions.

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