Speaker · Argentina Space 2026
Nahuel Castello
Aerospace Engineer
Aeronautical engineer (UTN) experienced in institutional missions built to ECSS standards and in NewSpace agility. At CONAE he led the thermal control programme for the SAOCOM 1A and 1B satellites, and at Satellogic he took part in the design, verification and in-orbit commissioning of more than 40 microsatellites. Co-founder of the PROPULSAR cluster and Aerospace R&D Director at UTN.
November 11, 12 and 13, 2026 · Salta Convention Center
About
Nahuel Castello is an aeronautical engineer from UTN who brings together two schools of the space industry: institutional missions built to ECSS standards and the agility of NewSpace. For over ten years he worked at CONAE, Argentina's space agency, where he led the thermal control programme for the SAOCOM 1A and 1B satellites, managed thermal vacuum testing and was technical lead for the SAOCOM 1B environmental test campaign. He took part in the SAOCOM 1A launch campaign at Vandenberg, California.
From 2020 to 2025 he worked at Satellogic, where he led the thermal discipline, managed the fleet's thermal module and served as mission system engineer: he took part in the design, verification and in-orbit commissioning of dozens of Earth observation microsatellites and introduced the Flight Thermal Model concept. He now heads aerospace R&D at UTN and teaches Spacecraft Thermal Control and Aerodynamics at UNSAM. He was recognised by the Presidency of the Buenos Aires Provincial Senate for his contribution to the SAOCOM mission.
On the program
- This photo took ten years: the stories behind more than 50 satellites
Career highlights
- Aerospace R&D Director, Universidad Tecnológica Nacional (since 2022)
- Professor of Spacecraft Thermal Control and Aerodynamics, UNSAM (since 2019)
- Mission System Engineer and Bid Manager; previously Thermal Discipline Manager, Satellogic (2020–2025)
- Thermal Program Manager and System Engineer for the SAOCOM 1A and 1B satellites, CONAE (2013–2020)
- Thermal analyst for the SAC-D/Aquarius satellite test campaign, CONAE (2009–2011)
- Professor of Fluid Mechanics, UTN (2008–2025)
Education
- Aeronautical Engineering, UTN Haedo Regional School
- Aeronautical Technician, ENET No. 1 Jorge Newbery, Haedo
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