Stop everything and look up. Starting now, teams shift to the on-orbit challenge.
Their primary goal is to capture a picture of the moon using the satellite.
Competitors will have access to the two-line element of the vehicle and the camera's foresight
vector. Each team is tasked with creating a mission plan that transitions a satellite from
a tumbling state to one where it points the camera at the moon. The team will reach a successful
status once their resulting mission plan meets key criteria. 1. The commands are generated in
the correct order and are within the specified period. 2. The image capture angle of the moon
is within specifications. 3. The team's negative z-axis is pointed as close to the Earth's center
as possible without affecting the camera-to-moon pointing error. The teams are given a command
dictionary with the format for submitting the commands and parameters. The rest is up to them.