Project Space Call brings power of space to students

Space Call is a pioneering initiative that provides secondary school students worldwide with a unique opportunity to contribute to a real space mission set to launch in early 2025. Students from all continents, namely Australia, Rwanda, Singapore, Ukraine, Colombia, the UAE and the United States, have worked with the three companies as well as university students at Centrale Supélec in France, to develop and program a module that is capable of communicating through LEDs and morse code. While orbiting Earth, these modules will talk to each other and “play“ a game of Telephone, where they'll transmit words between them in their native languages, to then create a symbolic output in all languages post-flight.

Hélène Huby, CEO and Co-Founder of The Exploration Company: “We are thrilled to be partnering on Project Space Call because it brings to life three principles we hold very dear at the Exploration Company – the importance of global collaboration in space, the need for space to be accessible to all -- including the younger generations worldwide-- and the power space offers for science and technology…”

Pierre Bertrand, President and Founder of Space Elevator: “The program Space Call embodies in itself the two pillars of our non-profit, Space Elevator: Make and Inspire, to promote more social and gender diversity in the industry. Space Elevator is extremely proud to partner with The Exploration Company and Robinson Aerospace to bring our ambition as well as that of our students in orbit.”

Edward Robinson, CEO and Founder of Robinson Aerospace Systems (Australia): “We’re honoured to be providing the payload bus and structure that will host Project Space Call during its launch to orbit. It’s been incredible to work with the students involved as they develop their electronic modules and work towards the goal of reaching space. Everyone at Robinson Aerospace is extremely excited to be hosting Space Call on our first mission to space!”