Viasat: Space for Good India 2026 Competitor Agreement

Terms and conditions for the Viasat: Space for Good 2026 Competition – India Universities (the "Competition")

By entering the Competition, you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions (these "Terms and Conditions"). Promotional materials relating to the Competition, including all information on how to enter the Competition, also form part of these Terms and Conditions. In the event of any conflict between any terms referred to in such promotion materials and these Terms and Conditions, these Terms and Conditions take precedence.

The promoter of this Competition is Viasat Inc ("Viasat") whose address is at 6155 El Camino Real. Carlsbad, CA 92009. The co-promoter of this Competition is HeroX, PBC, a Delaware corporation with a principal place of business at 3, Germany Dr, Unit 4-4402 Wilmington, DE 19804 ("HeroX").

2. Participants must be at least eighteen (18) years old and must be a student enrolled at an accredited Indian University or institute of higher education. Participants must have internet access. All students that progress to Phase 3 of the Competition shall be required to verify their enrolment at an accredited University or institute of higher education. Employees, officers, directors, contractors and agents of either Viasat or HeroX, or any of their respective subsidiary or affiliated companies, and their immediate families (which includes spouse, parent, child, sibling or any person related by marriage or adoption) and members of their households whether related or not, and anyone otherwise connected with the operation or fulfilment of the Competition are not eligible to participate in the Competition. Any finalists who took part in any previous Space for Good Competition are not eligible to participate in the Competition in 2026. Viasat reserves the right to require participants to prove that they are eligible. If the winner(s) of a prize are found to be ineligible, Viasat reserves the right to award the prize concerned to another participant and to require the return of any prize already awarded to such an ineligible winner.

3. Participants will enter the Competition individually (no groups) and may only submit one entry.

4. You must register and carry out the below Application Process in order to enter the Competition. You can also submit your 'interest' from this date and receive updates on the competition. All answers to enter Phase 1 of the Competition must be submitted between 8:00 am (IST) Monday 8 June 2026 and no later than 11:59 pm (IST) on Sunday 19 July 2026. You are required to complete the Application Process (as mentioned below) in order to submit your responses, so please plan for enough time before this deadline. There are three (3) phases to the Competition, as set out below:

Competition Phase	How to enter
Phase 1 – Question and answer	Phase 1 of the Competition will operate on the HeroX website at the following URL address: https://www.herox.com/ViasatSpaceForGoodIndia2026 (the "Website"). The Competition will be run and entries will be expected to be submitted in English. Participants are invited to submit answers to a series of written questions via an online form located on the Website, and to be accessed as follows: each participant will need to first create an account/log in on the Website (the "Account") and complete an application form (the "Application Process"), in order to enter the Competition, access the content of the questions and submit their entries throughout the Competition, as well as to access educational content and other resources with useful information during the Competition. Once the Application Process has been completed, the participants will receive an email to the email address indicated in their application form, confirming that acceptance of their registration, their log in details and access to the platform where the content of the competition's assignments and online form for Phase 1 will be available. The maximum character limit per answer shall be indicated in the Website. The questions shall have a space theme. Viasat shall release the questions on the Website on or before the date that the Competition commences on Monday 8 June 2026. All answers must be submitted to the online form located on the Website by 11:59 pm (IST) on Sunday 19 July 2026. All answers shall be assessed using Viasat and HeroX AI-based tools as part of the initial scoring process with full review, oversight and final determination by a human assessor. The participants who submitted the entries ranked to be within the top 30 entries marked, shall be progressed to Phase 2 of the Competition. The ranking of all Phase 1 entries shall be based on the criteria available on the Website. Any ties between entries competing to be in the top 30 will be resolved by random selection. All entries that do not progress to Phase 2 of the Competition will not receive any feedback for their entry. HeroX shall notify the successful participants, who are through to Phase 2 of the Competition, on or before Monday 3 August 2026 using the email address notified with their entries when they were submitted to the Website and also via their Account.
Phase 2 – Digital Entry	Successful participants from Phase 1 will be invited to use the questions asked for Phase 1 and expand on their proposed solution/answers, by submitting their answer and proposed solution to the questions in a digital format that is either video, reel, animation, podcast or audio, of no more than three minutes in length (the “Phase 2 Entry”). We encourage you to use any tools you have access to and to be creative. Participants must create and submit a Phase 2 Entry based on guidelines provided by Viasat which explains in more detail the solution or concept they have proposed in answering the questions in Phase 1. All Phase 2 Entries must be no longer than 3 minutes. There is no maximum file size for the Phase 2 Entry. Any audio submission must be formatted at a playback speed of no more than 1.5x. The full details regarding the Phase 2 Entry submissions and format including a list of accessible file formats will be provided to Phase 2 participants prior to the start of Phase 2. Any Phase 2 Entries not in compliance with the time and format requirements may be rejected. This Phase 2 of the Competition commences on Monday 3 August 2026. All Phase 2 Entries must be submitted on or before 11:59 pm (IST) Sunday 23 August 2026. All Phase 2 Entries shall be assessed by employees of Viasat India. In addition to scoring and ranking the Phase 2 Entries, Viasat India employee assessors will provide anonymous written feedback on each Phase 2 Entry, which shall be made available to participants at the end of Phase 2.The participants who created the Phase 2 Entries ranked by Viasat India employee assessors to be within the top 6 entries shall be progressed to Phase 3 of the Competition and will be notified they have been selected on or before 7 September 2026. The ranking of all Phase 2 Entries shall be based on the judging criteria available on the Website. Any ties between entries competing to be in the top 6 will be resolved by random selection.
Phase 3 – Finals	The 6 successful participants from Phase 2 (the “Finalists”) are invited to present their proposed concept/solution (as developed in their Phase 1 answers and Phase 2 entries), based on objectives provided to participants prior to the event, to a panel of judges (including at least 1 (one) independent judge) at an in-person final event to be held Saturday 24 October 2026 to Wednesday 28 October 2026 (the “Final Week”). The exact date and time of the Final as well as the expected objectives will be confirmed to the email of the Finalists, as indicated in the application form (the "Final"). At the Final, Finalists will be asked to present in a fifteen (15) minute presentation, their explanation to the panel. This 15-minute presentation period will be followed by an additional fifteen (15) minute discussion period during which the Finalists should be prepared to engage in conversation with the panel. The presentation shall include a comprehensive overview of the Finalists' idea/solution, which may include various forms of digital media, physical media/prototypes, and other methods of illustrating and demonstrating your proposed solution. Finalists will be expected to—at minimum—have presentation slides (Google, PowerPoint, Prezi, Canva etc.) to accompany their 15-minute verbal presentation. Finalists are welcomed but not required to bring additional elements (e.g., prototypes, printed materials, etc.). Additionally, Finalists must submit (i) an elevator pitch summarizing their presentation to be submitted, and (ii) a written executive summary of their proposed solution for the presentation, of maximum 750 words and not exceeding two (2) pages, which must be submitted via the Website or email, as communicated by Viasat. A template will be provided on the Website or by email, which Finalists must use for their executive summary and the exact dates for submission will be communicated to Finalists closer to the time. Phase 3 of the Competition shall commence when the objectives are released to Finalists (via the email indicated above) on Monday 7 September 2026. Each participant will be assigned one (1) mentor to coach them through this Phase of the Competition and help them to craft and refine their presentation ("Mentor"). Each Mentor shall be an employee of Viasat or one of Viasat's group companies. Mentors shall check in with their participants regularly in the run-up to the Final. These check-ins could be offered online or in person, depending on where the Mentor is based and the participants live. Mentors can support each participant with soft skills (e.g. presentation skills and techniques and the structure of the presentation). Each Finalist shall receive virtual support from their Mentor before the Final Week, and in-person sessions during the Final Week in the Venue (defined below), to be scheduled between the hours of 8 am and 9 pm (IST), as communicated to the Finalists in advance to their email. The Final shall take place in-person in New Delhi, India, (the "Venue") on Tuesday 27 October 2026. For Finalists to attend the Final, Viasat will assume the following costs: for Finalists that live outside of the Venue: (a) travel costs of each Finalist, from their city of residence within India to the Venue and from the Venue to their city of residence (travel means to be selected by Viasat), (b) accommodation in the Venue (3-4 star hotel, chosen by Viasat, breakfast included) for each Finalist, for four (4) nights (i.e. to cover the nights of Saturday 24, Sunday 25, Monday 26 and Tuesday 27 October 2026). Viasat will also offer a gift card to cover reasonable expenses (the amount to be determined by Viasat in its sole discretion) per Finalist ("Ground Travel Giftcard") for the first day of inbound to the Venue and a second Ground Travel Giftcard for the last day, outbound from the Venue. All travel and accommodation shall be arranged by Viasat who will contact the Finalist for booking. Once issued, any train tickets cannot be re-issued and date or routing changes are not permitted. All trains and accommodation are subject to availability and usual booking terms and conditions apply. The train tickets and hotel vouchers offered by Viasat cannot be applied to the cost of any previously purchased reservations or other miscellaneous charges. Finalists will be contacted to the email address that they indicated when they registered in the Competition, to confirm their attendance prior to the Final, and arrange travel and accommodation with Viasat, one (1) month before the Final. Viasat will directly manage, choose and book all necessary travel to and out of Delhi and accommodation in coordination with the Finalists. No reimbursement is possible. The overall winner shall be chosen by the judging panel at the Final, from all complete, eligible, properly presented submissions at the Final. The winner shall be notified that they have won on the day of the Final and there will be one (1) final winner selected for each of the following places: first, second and third place. Any ties of presentations competing for the same place will be selected at random.

5. Entry to the Competition is free; no purchase is necessary.

6. To enter the Competition, you must enter in accordance with the details in Section 4 above. Entries submitted by any other means will not be accepted: only those submitted via the official method of entry. Any illegible, incomplete or fraudulent entries will be rejected. Participants may make a maximum of 1 entry into the Competition and participants may not enter the Competition more than once. Any entries in addition to this may result in their disqualification.

7. The prizes to be won are the following, depending on each place awarded at the end of the Final (each, a "Prize"):

First place:

₹ 500,000 cash prize to be paid by HeroX directly to the student’s bank account.
Travel and accommodation costs to attend the Final Week and Final.
Viasat branded goodies.

Second place:

₹ 375,000 cash prize to be paid by HeroX directly to the student’s bank account.
Travel and accommodation costs to attend the Final Week and Final.
Viasat branded goodies.

Third place:

₹ 275,000 cash prize to be paid by HeroX directly to the student’s bank account.
Travel and accommodation costs to attend the Final Week and Final.
Viasat branded goodies.

Other Finalists not selected for first, second or third place (`runners'):

Travel and accommodation costs to attend the Final Week and Final.
Viasat branded goodies.

8. Viasat or HeroX will contact the winner at their indicated email address following the Final with instructions on how to redeem the Prizes. All cash Prizes will be paid directly to eligible winner’s personal bank account by HeroX no later than 90 days from the date winners are announced. Winners must provide complete and accurate bank account details on the Website as reasonably required to receive the electronic transfer. For cash Prizes, winners shall supply any information needed no later than 10 business days from the date winners are announced.

9. The winners are responsible for paying all associated costs that are not specifically stated in these Terms and Conditions, including (where applicable) meal costs, spending money, cost to obtain any necessary travel documents and any and all other incidentals, and any tax liability associated with the Prizes. Each Prize is as stated and is nonexchangeable and non-transferable. There is no cash or other alternative to the Prizes in whole or in part. By participating in the Competition, participants agree that the Prizes are awarded on an "as is" basis, and that neither Viasat, HeroX nor any of their subsidiary or affiliated companies, make any representations or warranties of any nature with respect to the Prizes.

10. The winner(s) may be required to submit valid identification before receiving their Prize.

11. In the event that, for reasons beyond Viasat's reasonable control and not related to the winner(s), Viasat is unable to award a Prize as described in these Terms and Conditions, Viasat reserves the right to award a prize of a similar nature and an equivalent value.

12. By entering the Competition, participants agree to have their name, photograph, image, likeness, visual, written and verbal statements, submissions, sound of the participant's voice, and recordings (including, but not limited to, livestream) of their participation in the Competition and the Final ("Media Materials") featured in publicity materials relating to the Competition (including, but not limited to, all of HeroX’s and Viasat's websites and social media channels) without further reference, payment or other compensation. This also includes making their name as the winner available on the Website, between 2026 and 2029. Details of the winner(s) will also be made available to participants and the public on request by sending an email to no later than two (2) months after the Final. Participant grants Viasat and HeroX a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free right and license to use the Media Materials in any and all publications. Participant authorizes Viasat and HeroX to edit, alter, copy, exhibit, publish or distribute the Media Materials for purposes of publicizing Viasat, or for any other lawful purpose.

13. HeroX will collect and process participants' personal information in order to conduct the Competition in accordance with its privacy policy. Participant name, email address, as well as personal details from their entry to the Competition will be transferred between HeroX and Viasat's agents to the extent necessary for the prize to be redeemed by the winner(s) and for Viasat to administer the Competition. If participants do not provide any of the mandatory information requested when entering the Competition, they may not take part in the Competition. Participants' names and other personal details from their entry to the Competition received and stored by Viasat will be processed for the purposes of administering the Competition, and, in limited cases, further outreach from Viasat in accordance with Viasat's privacy notice. Any contact and/or invitations from Viasat to participate in further outreach activities are not offers of employment. You may also be contacted and invited by Viasat and/or HeroX to complete optional/voluntary surveys about your experience, throughout and after the Competition. Participant name and contact information may also be shared with sponsors of the Competition solely for the purpose of such sponsors contacting you regarding career opportunities.

13. Viasat reserves the right to modify, cancel, terminate or suspend the Competition in whole or in part, at its sole discretion, if it believes the Competition is not capable of being conducted as specified within these Terms and Conditions or in the event of a virus, a computer bug or unauthorized human intervention or any other cause that is beyond the reasonable control of Viasat that could corrupt or affect the administration, security, impartiality or normal course of the Competition. Neither Viasat or HeroX, nor any of their respective subsidiary or affiliated companies, are responsible for any condition, circumstances, losses, failures or delays caused by events beyond its or their control such as (but not limited to) the acts or defaults of any supplier selected by Viasat to provide the Prizes or otherwise that may cause the Competition to be disrupted or corrupted.

14. “Intellectual Property” means ideas, inventions, information, works of authorship, and symbols, names, images, and designs embodied in, for example, technical data, designs, computer software, mask works, computer models, data, drawings, formulae, specifications, diagrams, processes, know-how, patents, trade secrets, procedures, technology, and other confidential information (including but not limited to, ideas, pricing information, plans, lists, and discoveries), and all legal rights therein.

15. Subject to clause Error! Reference source not found.6, as between each participant and Viasat, the participant shall own all the copyright and other Intellectual Property vesting in the entries submitted to the Competition and any other materials (whether visual, oral or written) generated solely by the participant and submitted during the various stages of this Competition (the “Materials”), in perpetuity and on a worldwide basis for use at their sole discretion. The participant grants Viasat a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free right and license to use extracts from the Materials in marketing materials to publicize the Competition and Viasat and to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publicly perform, publicly display, distribute, make other versions of, prepare derivative works of, and disclose to third parties, including to one or more AI tools, the Materials as appropriate for purposes of administering the Competition. For purposes of clarity, any Intellectual Property in feedback provided by any agent, employee, or representative of Viasat, including Participant’s Mentor or any judge, to the Materials generated based on interactions between Participant and any agent, employee, or representative of Viasat, including Participant’s Mentor or any judge, (“Feedback”) whether developed solely by Participant or jointly with any agent, employee, or representative of Viasat, shall be owned by Viasat. Viasat grants the Participant a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free right and license to use the Feedback or extracts therefrom in marketing materials in publicizing the Competition and the Participant.

16. For a period of twelve (12) months from the date of the Final of the Competition (the “Option Period”), Viasat shall have a right of first refusal to purchase any Intellectual Property in the Materials at a freely negotiated market rate. During the Option Period, the participant may not commercially exploit the Intellectual Property in the Materials (including by selling it to any third parties) without first obtaining confirmation from Viasat that Viasat does not wish to exercise its right of first refusal. If Viasat exercises its right at any time during the Option Period, the parties shall commence good faith negotiations and the participant may not commercially exploit the Intellectual Property in the Materials for a further period of six (6) months (even if that period extends beyond the Option Period) to allow sufficient time for the negotiations to conclude.

17. Participants shall not incorporate any third-party materials into the entries submitted to the Competition without prior permission from the third party. Participants' entries shall be genuine, and all third-party sources must be properly referenced. Viasat reserves the right to disqualify any participant based on any plagiarism or misused third-party content.AI tools should be used thoughtfully and in line with guidance provided by Viasat:

17.1 All Participants who elect to use AI tools must:

17.1.1 Use any AI tool(s) ethically and responsibly.

17.1.2 NOT input or expose any of the following data types to AI tools any data unless you have the necessary rights to use such data in that AI tool. This includes any confidential or proprietary information of a third party.

17.1.3 NOT submit an input to AI tools that may result in output that infringes on the Intellectual Property of other parties, such as asking an AI tool to generate content that is derivative of or resembles copyrighted works, mimics styles of identifiable creators or brands, or looks or sounds like particular people, companies, products, brands, logos, fonts, or styles. If you have any doubts regarding whether a prompt will infringe on the Intellectual Property of other parties, do not submit it.

17.1.4 Always review outputs generated by AI tools to ensure accuracy, relevance, and appropriateness. AI generated outputs can be incorrect and Participants must exercise judgement and verify the outputs before using them.

17.1.5 Always verify that any citations included in the outputs are accurate and appropriate.

17.1.6 Review AI tool outputs to check if they infringe third-party intellectual property rights, including (a) copyrighted content (text, images, videos, audio); (b) personality/publicity rights (likenesses, voices, or personas of identifiable individual(s); and (c) trademark rights (brand names, logos, slogans, or distinctive brand elements).

18. Neither Viasat nor HeroX will be responsible for any lost, damaged, defaced, incomplete, illegible or otherwise unreadable entries. Nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall in any way limit Viasat's or HeroX’s liability for death or personal injury caused by its negligence or for any other matter where liability may not as a matter of law be limited.

19. Any participant who enters or attempts to enter the Competition in a manner, which in Viasat’s or HeroX’s reasonable determination is contrary to these Terms and Conditions or by its nature is unjust to other entrants (including without limitation tampering with the operation of the Competition, cheating, hacking, deception or any other unfair playing practices such as intending to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other entrants or Viasat / HeroX and/or any of their agents or representatives) may be rejected from the Competition at Viasat or HeroX’s sole discretion. Furthermore, where such actions have significantly impaired the Competition, Viasat may, at its sole discretion, add further stages to the Competition as it deems reasonably necessary in order to resolve any problems arising as a result of such actions.

20. All Viasat decisions in relation to the Competition are final and, except as described above, Viasat will not provide feedback or reasoning for any of its decisions.

21. These Terms and Conditions are governed by English law. The courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction to hear any dispute or claim arising in association with the Competition or these Terms and Conditions.

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