USACH Students Behind the Flight Software that Took SUCHAI-4 to Orbit
Jul 7, 2026·
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Dr. Carlos Gonzalez-Cortes
Students and academics from the DIINF at the USACH Faculty of Engineering were part of the team behind the computational systems of SUCHAI-4, launched in the early hours of 7 July. The mission, led by SPEL at the University of Chile, needs a complex software architecture that lets the 3U CubeSat operate autonomously, run experiments and send data back to Earth. The article, published by DIINF Communications, profiles the student talent that turned classroom programming into software running in orbit.
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Principal Investigator
Professor in the Computer Engineering Department at the University of Santiago of Chile (USACH).
He holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Chile and has extensive experience in embedded systems, nanosatellites, and flight software. Previously, he developed the SUCHAI family and PlantSat nanosatellites at SPEL, and worked at the Flight Software Department of the German Aerospace Center (DLR). Carlos is passionate about pushing the boundaries of distributed space systems and satellite flight software architectures.