Robin Biesbroek

Current

• Owner at JAQARsoftware.com
• Owner and Lead Mission Analyst at JAQAR Space Engineering

Past

• TEAMSAT team member at ESTEC, European Space Agency
• Trainee at CNES, Kourou, French Guyana

Education

• Technische Universiteit Delft
• Sint-Jans College, Den Haag

Connections

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Industry

Defense & Space

Websites

• My Company

Robin Biesbroek’s Summary

JAQAR specializes in the development of COTS trajectory optimization software using global optimizers and easy-to-use User Interfaces. These trajectories can be planetary, interplanetary, launcher or Lunar. Demo versions of the software can be downloaded via www.jaqar.com. STK interfaces are provided.

JAQAR has a number of system engineers working on-site at ESTEC (European Space Technology and research Center) of the European Space Agency.

JAQAR can give consultancy on spacecraft trajectory definition and optimization, and can calculate and provide trajectories for your company or institute in STK/Astrogator, Excel or as JAQAR Astrodynamics Tools input files.

Robin Biesbroek’s Specialties:

Mission Analysis, System Engineering, Global Optimization, Space Software Development, Spacecraft Trajectory Design.

Robin Biesbroek’s Experience

• Owner

  JAQARsoftware.com

  (Defense & Space industry)

  January 2009 — Present (7 months)

  JAQARsoftware.com produces and sells commercial software tools.
  
  Currently the main application is the JAQAR Astrodynamics Package aiming at optimizing satellite trajectories. The package includes tools such as the Swing-by Calculator and Lunar Transfer Orbit Calculator.

• Owner and Lead Mission Analyst

  JAQAR Space Engineering

  (Aviation & Aerospace industry)

  January 1999 — Present (10 years 7 months)

  Contracts include System Engineer and Team Leader in the ESTEC Concurrent Design Facility, system support for the Aurora NEXT mission, and Mission Analyst in the ESOC Mission Analysis Section.
  
  JAQAR Space Engineering provides contractors positions at the European Space Agency.

• TEAMSAT team member

  ESTEC, European Space Agency

  (Government Agency; 5001-10,000 employees; Defense & Space industry)

  April 1997 — April 1998 (1 year 1 month)

  TEAMSAT Mission Analyst and Ground Segment software engineer.

• Trainee

  CNES, Kourou, French Guyana

  (Government Agency; 5001-10,000 employees; Defense & Space industry)

  January 1997 — April 1997 (4 months)

  Analysis of Ariane 5 launchpad cooling system performance. Test engineer for Ariane 4 launch 95.

Robin Biesbroek’s Education

• Technische Universiteit Delft

  MSc. , Aerospace Engineering , 1990 — 1997

  Systems engineering and orbital dynamics. Masters in genetic algorithm optimization applied to the dynamics of tethers in Lunar transfer orbits.

• Sint-Jans College, Den Haag

  English, Dutch, French, German, Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Gymnastics 1984 — 1990

Additional Information

Robin Biesbroek’s Websites:

• My Company

Robin Biesbroek’s Interests:

Snowboarding, travelling, race-car driving, wakeboarding, volleyball, hiking

Robin Biesbroek’s Groups:

AGI

•    The Astrogator's Guild
•    European Space Agency - Friends
•    Space 2.0

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