📜 Contribution Certificates for All Contributors by 7Blocks

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Hello everyone! 👋

Thank you for being a part of the Kepler open-source community. Every bug fix, feature, documentation improvement, UI enhancement, and code contribution helps us build a better AI-powered Space Traffic Management platform.

As a token of appreciation, the 7Blocks Team is excited to announce that official Contribution Certificates will be awarded to all eligible contributors who make meaningful contributions to the Kepler project during the ECSoC'26 contribution period.

Important: These certificates are independently issued by 7Blocks as a recognition of your contributions to the Kepler project. They are not issued, endorsed, or affiliated with ECSoC'26 or its organizers. ECSoC'26 simply provides the contribution period during which we'll be evaluating contributions.

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🏆 Eligibility

To receive a 7Blocks Contribution Certificate, contributors should:

• Make meaningful contributions to the Kepler repository during the official ECSoC'26 contribution period.
• Have at least one pull request successfully merged.
• Follow the project's contribution guidelines and coding standards.
• Submit original, high-quality work.
• Maintain respectful and collaborative behavior within the community.

We value quality over quantity. Whether you're fixing bugs, improving documentation, enhancing the UI, writing tests, or implementing new features, every meaningful contribution counts.

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📅 Certificate Distribution

To ensure a fair and transparent evaluation process, certificates will not be issued immediately after a pull request is merged.

Once the official ECSoC'26 contribution period has concluded, the 7Blocks Team will:

• Review all merged pull requests.
• Verify contributor eligibility.
• Evaluate the quality and impact of contributions.
• Generate personalized 7Blocks Contribution Certificates.
• Announce the certificate distribution process through the repository.

Please allow some time after the event ends for the review and certificate generation process.

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📌 Important Notes

• 📜 Certificates are provided solely by 7Blocks.
• ❌ They are not official ECSoC'26 certificates and are not issued by the ECSoC organizers.
• 📅 Certificates will be distributed only after the ECSoC'26 contribution period officially ends.
• 🚫 Please do not request early certificate issuance.
• ⚠️ Spam, duplicate, low-quality, plagiarized, or intentionally misleading contributions may be excluded from certificate eligibility.
• ✅ The maintainers reserve the right to make the final decision regarding contributor eligibility based on the quality and overall impact of contributions.

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🚀 Ways to Contribute

You can contribute by:

• 🐛 Fixing bugs
• ✨ Building new features
• 🎨 Improving the UI/UX
• 📚 Enhancing documentation
• ⚡ Optimizing performance
• 🧪 Writing tests
• ♿ Improving accessibility
• 🌐 Adding localization support
• 🛰️ Enhancing Cesium visualizations
• 🤖 Improving AI agents and backend services

Every meaningful contribution helps improve Kepler and strengthens the open-source community.

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❤️ Thank You

We sincerely appreciate everyone contributing to Kepler. Whether this is your first open-source contribution or you're an experienced developer, your efforts make a real impact.

We look forward to recognizing your work with an official 7Blocks Contribution Certificate after the ECSoC'26 contribution period concludes.

Happy coding, and thank you for contributing to Kepler! 🚀