Speaker · Argentina Space 2026
Facundo Pasquevich
Mechanical engineer · Researcher and lecturer, National University of La Plata
Specialized in satellite structures and systems engineering, with over a decade developing and integrating CubeSat missions, including one selected to fly on Artemis II. Researcher and lecturer at UNLP. Mentor to the Rover Challenge teams.
November 11, 12 and 13, 2026 · Salta Convention Center
About
Facundo Pasquevich is a mechanical engineer from Universidad Nacional de La Plata specialising in structures and the integration of space hardware. Since 2016 he has worked at the Centro Tecnológico Aeroespacial in La Plata, where he led the structural design and mechanical integration of 3U, 6U and 12U CubeSat missions —including a 12U satellite selected by NASA to fly on the Artemis II mission— and served as systems engineer on a 6U mission.
His work spans the full life cycle: requirements, design, finite element analysis, vibration testing and environmental qualification to NASA, ESA and MIL-STD standards, and test-to-model correlation. He has also designed launch vehicle subsystems —fuselage and thrust structures, retention and release systems and separation test benches— and teaches Structures and Rational Mechanics at UNLP. He mentors the Rover Challenge teams.
On the program
- Mission architecture, university nanosatellites and low Earth orbit (LEO) demonstration
- Technical integration roundtable · ATENEA satellite mission (UNLP · CONAE · UBA)
Career highlights
- Senior Structural & Mechanical Integration Engineer, Centro Tecnológico Aeroespacial (since 2016)
- Mechanical Testing & Qualification Engineer, UID GEMA, UNLP School of Engineering (since 2016)
- Teaching lead for Structures I and II and Rational Mechanics, UNLP (since 2016)
- Research fellow on the Tornador II project, ground segment (2013–2016)
- Rover Challenge mentor
Education
- Specialisation in Aerospace Industry and Systems, University of Buenos Aires (final project: agile methodology applied to CubeSat design)
- Mechanical Engineering, Universidad Nacional de La Plata
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