01 — Register
Teams from universities, colleges, and selected STEM schools express interest and receive updates after institutional approval.
SSTRL / NCGSA / Institute of Space Technology
Pakistan CubeSat MissionLab Challenge 2026
Design. Simulate. Command. Compete. Develop mission logic in a digital twin, then progress toward supervised testing on real CubeSat training hardware.
From digital twin to real hardware
An initiative of SSTRL / NCGSA / IST. CubeSTEM supports the digital twin, cloud platform, remote-access software, dashboard, and related technical integration as industrial and platform partner.
02 — Simulate
Orientation, mission brief, digital-twin access, and practice with bounded control tasks.
03 — Develop
Teams develop mission and control logic for tasks such as SunLock, EarthLink, StableSat, telemetry analysis, and basic autonomy.
04 — Validate
Selected teams receive scheduled, supervised remote access to real CubeSat MissionLab training hardware.
05 — Demonstrate
Shortlisted teams present their mission solution at IST during World Space Week 2026, subject to final schedule and approval.
Why it is different
The challenge moves beyond paper design: teams practise in a digital twin and selected teams validate mission logic against a real physical system.