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Founder & DirectorSPACEONOVA

Shivam Kumar Singh

Machine Learning and Spectrum Engineer at Intelsat, Luxembourg.

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Shivam Kumar Singh

Founder & Director

Machine Learning and Spectrum Engineer at Intelsat, Luxembourg.

  • Graduate Student Researcher at SIGCOM, SnT, University of Luxembourg.
  • Former Bioastronautics Researcher at International Institute for Astronautical Sciences (IIAS), USA.
  • Four provisional asteroid discoveries designated 2020 RM98, 2020 SS68, 2022 SM158, and 2022 SY80.
  • Delivered 40+ talks as a guest speaker.
  • Former Judge at Technical Board IIT Guwahati; NASA Space Apps Pune Lead; Hack the Mountains; and other roles.
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Co-founder, Product and BusinessSPACEONOVA

Rishikesh Ranjan

Systems Engineering and Autonomous Artificial Intelligence.

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Rishikesh Ranjan

Co-founder, Product and Business

Systems Engineering and Autonomous Artificial Intelligence.

  • Co-founded Spaceonova with Shivam Kumar Singh in 2020 and built a 20-person team across content, community, social and design.
  • Co-created Python with Space Application, teaching astronomy automation and introductory AI, machine learning and computer vision, including screening IASC images for potential asteroids.
  • Works across product, growth, engineering and AI, with experience building teams, products and growth systems across five startups.
  • Built Mission Atlas, an explorable directory of missions beyond Earth, and an AI research knowledge system for in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) and environmental control and life support systems (ECLSS).
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Director of Space TechnologySPACEONOVA

Harshal More, Ph.D.

Navigation Engineer at Thales Alenia Space, Italy.

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Harshal More, Ph.D.

Director of Space Technology

Navigation Engineer at Thales Alenia Space, Italy.

  • Expertise: LEO-PNT systems, mega-constellations, GNSS (GPS, GALILEO, NavIC), inter-satellite links, 5G-NTN, space robotics, mission analysis, space-system engineering, and space law.
  • Ph.D. in the Department of Electronics Engineering and II-Level Master's degree in Engineering and International Space Law in Satellite Systems for Communication, Navigation, and Sensing, University of Rome “Tor Vergata,” Italy.
  • M.Sc. in Space and Astronautical Engineering, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.
  • Former Visiting Researcher at SIGCOM, SnT, University of Luxembourg, contributing to integrated LEO-based navigation and communication systems; also identified on the page as a Navigation Engineer at Thales Alenia Space.
  • Space blogger and organizing-team member for New Space Economy conferences, space rendezvous sessions, and space art exhibitions (at the Italian Space Agency and European Researchers' Nights).
  • Mentor and technical team leader for multiple space-related projects; active member of SGAC.
  • First author of 12+ peer-reviewed research papers.
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Director of OperationsSPACEONOVA

Pratyush Dikshit

Doctoral Researcher in Cybersecurity at FINATRAX, SnT, University of Luxembourg.

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Pratyush Dikshit

Director of Operations

Doctoral Researcher in Cybersecurity at FINATRAX, SnT, University of Luxembourg.

  • MS (by Research) in Cryptography from NIT Trichy, India.
  • Former Research Assistant at CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security, Germany.
  • Former Senior Network Consulting Engineer at Cisco Systems, India.
  • Expertise: EU data privacy, cybersecurity, cryptography, machine learning, DNS privacy, and internet resiliency; exploring LLM directions in security and privacy.
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