Architecture & Bench
Flight software, sensor fusion, hardware interrupts and pipeline modularization.
ASTREA SOLO SPACE PROGRAM / GERMANY
Engineering systems
for the edge of flight.
ASTREA is a solo space program focused on building, testing and documenting aerospace systems and astrophysics software.
ESP32 / FLIGHT COMPUTER
ICARUS-RLV / AVIONICS
01 / PROGRAM
One program.
Two technical domains.
ASTREA Solo Space Program brings physical flight hardware and scientific computation together under one long-term development effort. ICARUS-RLV addresses autonomous flight systems. JOANUS addresses computational astrophysics and exoplanet detection.
ICARUS-RLV / CONCEPT
01 - FLIGHT SYSTEMS
ICARUS-RLV
Autonomous stratospheric reentry vehicle hardware testbed for guidance, navigation, control and recovery.
- COMPUTE
- ESP32 / C++ / FreeRTOS
- CONTROL
- RCS / Grid Fins / PID
- RECOVERY
- RTLS / Parachute
02 - ASTROPHYSICS
JOANUS
A headless exoplanet discovery and validation pipeline built around relative photometry, BLS period searches and automated false-positive checks.
- DATA
- NASA / TESS / Kepler
- METHOD
- BLS / Signal Processing
- OUTPUT
- Candidate telemetry / JSON
JOANUS / SIGNAL ANALYSIS
02 / ROADMAP
From bench testing
to near-space flight.
Local Drop Tests
Controlled 1,000 m drops to validate flight state machines, grid fins and recovery.
Stratospheric Mission
Targeting up to approximately 35 km with the full science payload.
High-Altitude Pinnacle
Targeting approximately 40 km and ultra-thin atmospheric conditions.
WHY ASTREA EXISTS
A solo program
with a long horizon.
ASTREA started as a way to build something real, document the engineering journey and create a body of serious technical work for the next stages of my education. The long-term direction is aerospace engineering and, eventually, the possibility of applying to the European Space Agency.
And, honestly: because building rockets and hunting exoplanets is fucking cool. XD
THE BUILD IS PUBLIC
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ASTREA SSP