Optional hardware
MissionLab works fully in software. Institutions may add kits or a supervised KidSAT one-axis trainer when physical experimentation supports the curriculum, staffing and safety plan.
Hands-on learning
A physical route into structure, subsystems, assembly and classroom engineering activities. Availability and configuration are confirmed through an institutional quotation.
Supervised experimentation
A functional one-axis reaction-wheel demonstrator operated through the KidSAT Operator Console. Formal physical acceptance and measured Digital Twin correlation remain commissioning gates. MissionLab works fully in software without this hardware.
No learner needs a physical kit to complete MissionLab learning or produce software evidence.
A trained operator retains preflight, bounded-command and emergency-stop authority. Learner identity or subscription access grants none of these powers.
Simulation remains simulated. Telemetry from an accepted supervised run is measured and labelled as such. Correlation is training evidence, not flight qualification.