We turn sparse and noisy space-tracking data into reliable navigation and operational intelligence for safer satellite and cislunar missions.
Engagements start small: one question, a fixed scope, and a deliverable you can put in front of a decision-maker. If it works, it becomes the case for a larger co-funded program.
What we can help with
- Tracks too sparse to trust an orbit. Short arcs and faint objects give solutions whose stated uncertainty does not survive contact with reality.
- A manoeuvre you found out about late. Telling a real manoeuvre from mismodelled dynamics needs labelled data and a benchmarked detector.
- A mission going where GNSS does not reach. Beyond GEO, accuracy has to be held autonomously — constellation geometry, inter-satellite links and timing as one coupled problem.
What you can help with
This runs both ways. Two things I am actively looking for partners on:
- CubeSat development, testing and launch. The AUStronauts team I lead is building a 3U CubeSat carrying an electrodynamic tether for space-weather work. I am looking for partners who can contribute subsystem or payload engineering, access to environmental test facilities — vibration, thermal vacuum, EMC — or a launch and deployment opportunity.
- Hard space engineering problems, generally. If you have a problem in astrodynamics, navigation, space domain awareness or mission design that does not fit neatly under the headings above, I am open to hearing it. That includes joint grant bids, co-supervised students, and staff or student exchanges.
Get in touch
Email yang.yang16@unsw.edu.au with the objects or data you hold and the decision you need to make.