The Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO) in partnership with the Uzbek Space Research and Technology Agency (Uzcosmos) and Turin Polytechnic University in Tashkent concluded the fifth International Aerospace Symposium and the fifth edition of the Training Workshop on Educational Satellite Model (CanSat) in Tashkent on Wednesday, 21 October 2026. The two events brought together 250 trainees from Malaysia, Oman, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, Gabon, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan.

The closing programme of the seven-day workshop featured a competition in which 14 teams developed solutions to engineering and aviation challenges by designing, assembling, and testing CanSat devices before launching them aboard rockets. Team Nebula won first place, Team Pegasus took second place, and Team Sky Lab placed third.

The workshop’s closing day opened with remarks by Dr. Muhammad Sharif, Advisor at ICESCO’s Science and Environment Sector, and Mr. Mukhiddin Ibragimov, Deputy Director of Uzcosmos, in which they emphasized the importance of providing learning and training opportunities in the space industry and developing young people’s technical and creative skills in the field.