Summary
Yusei Sato is a research scholar specializing in satellite rendezvous, proximity operations, and on-orbit servicing, with nine years of experience advancing formation flying and docking technologies. He transitioned from programming the Astrobee free-flying robot on the ISS to researching electromagnetic formation flying using high-temperature superconductors at JAXA and formation flying/GNSS systems at the University of Tokyo. His work targets satellite reuse and upgrade to address strategic challenges like national security and disaster response, blending hands-on spacecraft development with systems-level thinking. Based in Kanagawa, Japan, he brings practical experience from spaceflight hardware to cutting-edge control research and a physics-informed curiosity hinted at by his GitHub bio.
9 years of coding experience
University of Tokyo
English, Japanese, Spanish