MDL1 certification

Understand the exam

The MDL1 exam has 4 questions in 3 hours: the problem statement, the orbital parameters, your full mission concept (payload, subsystems and operations), and one mission design file that you upload. You need 90 out of 100 to pass. Papers are graded by Dr Ifriky Tadadjeu.

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Pay in one go or in instalments

The certification costs 100,000 FCFA. You can pay in instalments over 6 months. From 75,000 FCFA (75%) you can book and pass the exam; the certificate comes when the whole fee is paid. Each instalment is a part of the certification fee, so a part of 15,000 FCFA is not the membership fee, which is paid once on the Membership page. Each payment is one of 10,000, 15,000, 25,000, 30,000, 50,000, 75,000 or 100,000 FCFA, or an amount you type yourself, from 5,000 FCFA up to what is still due. A progress bar shows how much you paid and the days left.

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Choose your exam session

Sessions are monthly certification weeks, made by the platform. Registration for a session opens with the opening webinar of the training week before it, on the Sunday, and closes three days before the exam, on the Thursday. Pick one before its registration deadline and confirm. If you finish paying after the deadline, you are registered automatically for the next available session.

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Practise with the mock exam

Once you have paid at least 75% and hold a confirmed session, the mock exam is open for two weeks, from the training week to the exam on the Sunday. Use the time: it is for those who repeat the training and for those who go fast. It has the same 4 questions and a 3 hour countdown. Nothing is sent to the graders, your answers stay on your device.

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Take the exam

The exam takes place on the Sunday that closes certification week. You can start between 12:00 and 15:00 WAT and it closes at 18:00 WAT, so start before 15:00 to have the full 3 hours. Answer the written questions and upload your mission file.

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Get your result

You know your score as soon as the paper is graded. If you pass and the whole fee is paid, you can download your official MDL1 certificate as a PDF and your name is added to the official list of certified people. If you pass with a balance still due, the certificate and the listing come once you have paid it. If you fail, one retake is allowed for 30,000 FCFA. If you fail the retake, you start again with a new full payment.

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Let anyone check your certificate

Every certificate has a number and a public verification page at /verify followed by that number. Employers can type it to confirm the certificate is real.