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SPROS International Space Drone Challenge (ISDC) is a space robotics engineering competition. It challenges university students to conceptualise, design, develop and operate an astronaut-assistive next-generation space drone and perform specific missions in Mars simulated conditions. Space drones provide multiple advantages over rovers, such as better reach and range. It is easier for drones to reach places off-limit to the rovers. In addition to solo exploration, the drones can act as wings to the rover and explore together.
The objective of the competition is to provide students with a real-world interdisciplinary engineering experience, combining practical engineering skills with soft skills, including business planning and project management.
January 31 – February 2, 2025
ISDC Venue: BITS Pilani, Goa, India
A virtual celebration of team and technology…
ISDC RULEBOOK - 2025
Any changes in the dates or report submission format shall be communicated to the teams.
Key ISDC Dates & Submissions
FAQ
Any issues not covered by these published FAQs and the Rulebook will be addressed on a case-by-case basis by the ISDC officials. If there is a discrepancy, the Rulebook will take precedence over FAQs.
There will be an initial application fee and participation fee.
Application Fee - 89 USD. It will be paid by the teams after completing the registration form.
Participation Fee - 99 USD. It will be paid by the teams which qualify for the ISDC Finals.
If a team registers for both International Rover Challenge (IRC) and ISDC, they will not have to pay the participation fee for the ISDC Finals. Moreover, if a team applies for joint ISDC and IRC registration with another rover team from their university/institute campus, the IRC Finals participation fee will be waived in such a case.
Application fee is non-refundable and non-adjustable. However, if the competition doesn't take place in the on-site mode then Participation fee will be adjusted to the next edition of the competition.
Yes, registration fee for ISDC will be exempted for all the IRC Finals teams.
No. There is no mandatory autonomous operations task in the competition. However, teams may opt for Autonomous operation in any task/sub-task which may benefit from it in terms of accuracy, navigation, auto-troubleshooting etc. Teams have been given freedom to take any approach which they deem to be most effective.
The drone may have swappable modules for carrying out different tasks. The modules shall be swapped by astronauts at the base station.
Ready To Start Your Exploration?
The registration window for International Space Drone Challenge (ISDC) will be open from September 25 till October 25, 2024.