I design and analyze spacecraft missions and develop attitude and orbit control subsystems (AOCS) at the Brazilian National Institute for Space Research. I was mission architect and AOCS lead for Amazonia 1 — successfully launched in February 2021 — and currently hold the same roles for the projects Amazonia 1B, CBERS 06, and CO2Image. I also build open tooling for the Julia language ecosystem.
INPE · DISEP/Mission Architect · AOCS Lead/São José dos Campos, BR
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Projects
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Space missions
LEO · PMMLaunched · Feb. 2021
Amazonia 1
Low Earth orbit remote sensing satellite based on the multi-mission platform (PMM).
Payload
WFI camera with 67 m resolution and 838 km swath, with a 5-day revisit.
Role
Mission architect and AOCS technical lead
LEO · PMMIn development
Amazonia 1B
Low Earth orbit remote sensing satellite based on the multi-mission platform (PMM).
Payload
MUX camera with 20 m resolution and 120 km swath, with a 26-day revisit.
Role
Mission architect and AOCS technical lead
LEO · PMMIn development
CBERS 06
Low Earth orbit remote sensing satellite based on the multi-mission platform (PMM).
Payload
Synthetic aperture radar (SAR).
Role
Mission architect and AOCS technical lead
LEO · P100In development
CO2Image
Low Earth orbit remote sensing satellite based on the P100 platform.
Payload
Multispectral camera for CO2 measurements.
Role
Mission architect and AOCS technical lead
Other
SW · AOCSIn development
AOC
Development of the next version of INPE's attitude and orbit control software.
Role
Technical lead
Languages
Julia and C++
SW · AnalysisOperational
SatelliteDesign.jl
A Julia toolkit for designing the AOCS and performing satellite fuel-budget analysis.
Role
Technical lead
Languages
Julia
SW · TelemetryOperational
Telemetry Analysis
A suite of Julia packages for analyzing satellite telemetry. It currently generates daily reports for mission architects indicating the operational state of Amazonia 1.
Role
Technical lead
Languages
Julia
SW · AnalysisOperational
Forplan Sat. Simulator
Operational-concept simulator for a space mission, used for system-level validation in pre-phase A studies.