by Edition

The complete list of each edition winner and the full rankings (linked in pdf)

Year EditionWinnerRankings
2023 GTOC12 – Asteroid Mining Jet Propulsion Laboratory – Outer Planets Missions Analysis Groupweb
2021 GTOC11 – Dyson sphere Tsinghua University, School of Aerospace Engineering and Shanghai Institute of Satellite Engineeringweb
2019GTOCX – Settlers of the GalaxyNational University of Defense Technology and Xi’an Satellite Control Center
State Key Laboratory of Astronautic Dynamics
 web
2017GTOC9 – The Kessler RunJet Propulsion Laboratory – Outer Planets Missions Analysis Group pdf
2015GTOC8 – Very-Long-Baseline InterferometryESA’s Advanced Concepts Team
JAXA’s Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
 pdf
2014GTOC7 – Multi-spacecraft exploration of the asteroid belt Jet Propulsion Laboratory – Outer Planets Missions Analysis Group pdf
2012GTOC6 – Global mapping of Galilean MoonsTurin Polytechnic – Dipartimento di Energetica and University of Rome “Sapienza” pdf
2010GTOC5 – PenetratorsJet Propulsion Laboratory – Outer Planets Missions Analysis Grouppdf
2009GTOC4 – Asteroid BilliardMoscow State University, Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics pdf
2007GTOC3 – Multiple Sample ReturnCentre National d’Etudes Spatialespdf
2006GTOC2 – Multiple Asteroid RandezvousTurin Polytechnic – Dipartimento di Energeticapdf
2005—–GTOC 1 – Save the EarthJet Propulsion Laboratory – Outer Planets Missions Analysis Group pdf—-