The Polish team “Poland Can Into Space” took second place in the finals of the “Hack-a-Sat” competition organized by the US Air Force. To reach the finals, the Polish team had to solve several dozen tasks in the ICT security and satellite technologies.

The task of the competition was to regain control of a satellite lost in a simulated hacking attack. An additional task for the finals was to develop a mission plan to take a satellite photo of the Moon. For this task, the Polish team prepared the most accurate plan, which was chosen to be implemented by a real satellite orbiting around the Earth.

The team “Poland Can Into Space” consisted of members of p4 and Dragon Sector – two of the best Polish competition teams in the field of ICT security, and experts with experience in designing Polish student satellite missions.