Don’t worry! You can enhance your industry knowledge by participating in our Pre-competition Training sessions held in May. For more information about the event, please refer to the "Latest News" section on the website. 
If you’re looking for teammates, feel free to email the Organizing Team. We can help match you with other participants who have similar needs and help you form a team.

No. To ensure absolute fairness, no information regarding the team or advisors—including names, affiliated organizations, photos, or logos—may appear in any submission documents. This applies to the project title, team name, proposal content, videos, and the work itself. Any violation will result in disqualification.

To successfully build your team, the team leader will need to enter each member's "SID" during the registration process. Please kindly ask your team members to log into the official website to retrieve this unique ID and share it with the leader to complete the team formation smoothly!

To find your Personal ID, log into the RunSpace official website, click on the profile icon (avatar shape) in the top right corner, and select Member Information from the dropdown menu. Once on the personal profile page, scroll down to the very bottom to locate and copy your " SID" for the team leader to use for team assembly.
 

Yes! Teams can log back into the registration page to adjust team data or modify files as many times as needed before the deadline on June 30th, 2026, at 1:00 PM (UTC+8). Once the deadline passes, no corrections or replacements—including team member lists or uploaded files—will be permitted. The system will use the latest submission as the final version.

Yes. To facilitate backend data and statistical processing, please ensure all information is provided in English during the registration process.

Each shortlisted participant is required to complete at least 8 hours of training. Both in-person and online sessions are counted toward this total.

As this competition is organized by the Taiwan government, legal procedures require the recipient to provide a physical (hard copy) receipt for verification. Teams must mail the signed paper receipt to the Organizing Team's office. Please ensure that the correct physical receipt reaches us by August 31st. We strongly advise international teams to factor in shipping time and to confirm the receipt’s details with our staff via email before mailing it out.

In addition to our official customer service email, you can join the Official Line account for real-time messages and calls. If your team requires contact via WhatsApp, please email us, our staff member will reach out to you.

Yes, Please find the "Competition Overview" in the Latest News" section (Click here).

ispace has provided a comprehensive mission briefing. Participants are welcome to log in to the official website and click the “Document Download Section” under the “Participant Section”  tab to access the reference documents. Additionally, ispace has prepared a thorough video explaining the scope, project scale, and core conceptual expectations for the “Micromissions for the Moon”. Please watch this video under the "Latest News" section (Click here).

Based on previous SST editions , approximately 5 to 10 teams are typically selected as shortlisted. However, please note that the final number of shortlisted teams will be determined by the enterprise judging panel, depending on the total numbers and quality of the submissions received.
 

Generally, yes. While projects with purely scientific value are highly important, our judging panel will look more favorably upon proposals that successfully address multiple objectives. Adding a commercial or industrial dimension—such as demonstrating how scientific research applies to In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU)—will significantly increase the overall impact and value of your mission.

Submission Guideline: It will fascinate the judge panel if you enhance the overall value of the proposal by incorporating multiple mission objectives, specifically aligning scientific research with commercial, industrial, or practical applications to maximize impact.

Integrating local partnerships is highly valued as a key criterion for demonstrating the real-world feasibility of your proposal. While it is not strictly mandatory, showing how your project aligns with the priorities of organizations like the Taiwan Space Agency (TASA) or local industrial partners strongly highlights your ability to move an innovative idea from concept to execution.

Submission Guideline: It will be an advantage to demonstrate project viability and real-world impact by actively aligning the proposal with local industrial strengths, governmental priorities, or institutional collaborations.
 

Yes, absolutely! We are excited to provide a comprehensive experience that covers both technical and commercial insights. You will engage with our Business Development team to explore the "Lunar Economy"—including resource mining, biopharmaceuticals, and semiconductor manufacturing—alongside technical sessions with our engineers to discuss the fascinating challenges of lunar hardware.Our goal is for participants to understand the moon as the next frontier for industrialization and to spark discussions on a lunar roadmap for Taiwan. Technical sessions with engineers regarding the challenges of lunar hardware will also be part of the experience. 
 

While including detailed diagrams or physical calculations is considered a plus, it is not mandatory. Lunar missions are highly complex, and technical details (such as circuit designs) typically require multiple iterations to finalize. Therefore, participants are not expected to have every technical detail fully resolved at this stage.

Submission Guideline: ispace will primarily focus on the maturity of your core idea, the clarity of the product's functions, and the specific problems it solves. If you face time or page constraints, we recommend prioritizing a clear and compelling conceptual explanation over complex technical data.

Providing data transmission and bandwidth estimates is not mandatory, but including these projections will certainly be considered a significant plus in the evaluation. We understand that exact data volumes are difficult to predict at this early stage, so please don't let this constrain your creativity.

Submission Guideline: Focus primarily on the innovation and hardware design of your concept. Include data projections if they are available, keeping in mind that the preferred operational model utilizes local caching rather than continuous live streaming.

 

The necessity of an independent power system depends entirely on your design. If your hardware remains physically attached to the lander—such as integrated cameras or sensors—we will gladly provide the necessary power and data transmission support through the lander's infrastructure. However, if your proposal involves deploying an independent unit like a satellite or rover, your payload will need its own power source and wireless communication capabilities.

Submission Guideline: Clarify whether the payload remains attached to the lander or operates independently. For independent units, ensure the proposal explicitly accounts for an autonomous power source and wireless communication capabilities.
 

The 5kg weight limit encompasses the entire system, meaning everything included in your proposal must stay within this specified range. To ensure your payload can be comfortably accommodated within the 8U dimensions, we highly recommend aiming for an ideal total system weight of approximately 4kg.

Submission Guideline: Design the entire system to strictly remain under the 5kg threshold, ideally optimizing toward a 4kg target to ensure smooth physical integration within the 8U dimensions.
 

Proposals must strictly adhere to our physical constraints: the payload must fit within an 8U volume and maintain a total mass between 4kg and 5kg. To help us understand the feasibility of your brilliant designs, we look forward to seeing your material selection and structural layouts.

Submission Guideline: Adhere strictly to the 8U volume and 4-5kg mass constraints. Provide a clear structural diagram illustrating component layout and specify intended lightweight materials, such as carbon fiber, to demonstrate mass optimization and structural feasibility.