StellarXplorers IX Practice Round 3 (PR3) Competition Instructions
Note: There are new procedures for accessing and submitting competition files, and completing the academic quiz. Please review these steps prior to the competition round. Questions regarding the process should be sent to competition@stellarxplorers.org.
STEP 1: Log in to the STLX Portal with your assigned team account credentials
Every team director has been sent login credentials for their team (stlx09-xxxx). Team Directors with more than one team will be given an individual account for each team. NOTE: This account is different from your personal/team director account that you used to register. The "team account" will be how you submit your solutions to be graded for each round. YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO VIEW THE COMPETITION ROUND IF YOU LOG IN USING A PERSONAL ACCOUNT.
- Go to the STLX Portal and log in with your assigned team account. Organizations will multiple teams must have each team log into the Portal and access the scenario materials so that an official start time can be established for every team. Failure to do so will result in a team penalty.
- Once logged in, you will see the screen pictured below. Click Enter Here to access the rounds.
STEP 2: Access Practice Round 3 on the STLX Portal
- After you've entered the "course," you'll see a box for each competition round. They will appear as restricted until the date/time that each round is set to begin. Practice Round 3 will become available on January 12 at 12:01 AM ET and will expire on January 15 at 11:59 PM ET. When your team is ready to compete, click Practice Round 2.
STEP 3: Download the PR3 Scenario Files
- On the Practice Round 3 page, click PR3 Scenario. All the necessary files (scenario booklet and VDF file) will be found in the PR3 Scenario section.
- Click the PR3 Scenario link. Click Attempt Quiz Now to gain access to the PDF Competition Scenario Booklet (PDF) and the STK VDF file. Note: clicking Attempt Quiz Now will start your team's 6-hour time limit.
- Click the file links to begin the downloads.
STEP 4: Submit your team's PR3 selections
- Teams will not be uploading any files to the portal for PR3. Instead, they will be taking a quiz to make their launch vehicle selections. For example, question #1 might read:
Which Launch Vehicle do you wish to use?
A. Vehicle #1
B. Vehicle #2
C. Vehicle #3
- Fill in your selection for each question, and submit the quiz.
- A team may submit up to three attempts. Note: the last attempt submitted is the one that will be graded. Click Return to attempt if you need to change your selections, or click Submit all and finish if you are ready to submit your final selections.
- Click Submit all and finish on the confirmation pop-up to officially submit your solution.
Teams that do not send us their selections via their Portal will receive a score of ZERO for their scenario.
Submissions received after the closing of a team’s six-hour period will be subject to the StellarXplorers time penalty rules (1% scenario score reduction for every minute after a five-minute grace period).
Submissions received after the closing of a team’s six-hour period will be subject to the StellarXplorers time penalty rules (1% scenario score reduction for every minute after a five-minute grace period).
