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;

• 3,000 meters apogee with solid 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.

Starting in 2025, the Latin American Space Challenge will take place at the Sugarcane Launch Range. This new facility offers a larger, safer launch area and is located in the Bauru and Iacanga region, near São Paulo city. The neu launch site provides enhanced infrastructure, including hotels, lodging, transportation, and nearby airports.

The Latin American Space Challenge was previously hosted at the Cape Canavial, Brazil. The location, a grassland surrounded by sugar cane farms around the operational area, is seen as one of the best places to launch experimental rockets: safety, airspace control, location an infrastructure.