Pasith Tangdhanakanond

Tohoku University, SBI Pharmaceuticals (Japan)

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Pasith Tangdhanakanond is a space systems engineer whose research centers on the design, thermal control, and attitude & orbit control of microsatellites for ambitious scientific and commercial missions. His work is instrumental in advancing small satellite capabilities for novel applications, including artificial meteor generation and high-resolution Earth observation. Tangdhanakanond’s major contributions include developing a low Earth orbit control sequence using a 10N thruster for the ALE-3 satellite, ensuring precise maneuvering for its meteor ejection mission. He also led the thermal design and evaluation of the 50-kg-class RISESAT microsatellite, which successfully launched in 2019 to demonstrate Earth observation and optical communication technologies. Additionally, he contributed to the structural design and verification of ALE-1, a pioneering satellite designed to study aeronomy by generating artificial meteors. His work, with papers accumulating up to 5 citations each, has been published in collaboration with the Space Robotics Laboratory at Tohoku University and ALE Co., Ltd. Tangdhanakanond’s research directly supports the development of next-generation microsatellites, showcasing how compact platforms can enable groundbreaking space missions.