The mission categories of the Rocket Challenge are listed according to the target apogee and propulsion system used by the selected experimental rocket project:

• 500 meters apogee with a solid rocket propulsion system;

• 1,000 meters apogee with solid rocket propulsion system;

• 1,000 meters apogee with hybrid or liquid rocket propulsion system; or

• Target AGL apogee with hybrid or liquid rocket propulsion system. 

The Satellite Challenge was created in 2020 with different categories based on the satellite project form-factor. The goal of the challenge is to promote the development of functional payloads for future space missions.

• PocketQube or CanSat satellite project; or

• CubeSat satellite project.

Teams participating in both Rocket ans Satellite Challenge will earn bonus points for completing a full/complete mission.

The Latin American Space Challenge is hosted at the Cabo Canavial area near São Paulo, Brazil. The location, a grassland surrounded by sugar cane farms around the operational area, is seen as the best place to launch experimental rockets: safety, airspace control, location an infrastructure.