Charles Song

Somewhere between software and data,usually figuring out why something broke.

Currently finishing National Service before matriculating at Cambridge in October 2027.

Previously led the ground station for NUSHSat-1, Singapore’s first high school satellite, and interned at NuSpace and Aliena.

Projects

Education

Intended specialisation in Information and Computer Engineering.

Deferred entry, matriculating October 2027 after National Service.

Honours in Mathematics and Physics; majors in Chemistry and Biology.

Experience

Singapore’s first high school developed satellite, launched on SpaceX’s Transporter-13 mission in March 2025.

My work involved developing a low-cost automated ground station, along with integrating and testing NUSHSat-1.

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Led NSmen and support units to set up networks for overseas bilateral (Ex Wallaby 2025, Ex Tiger Balm 2026) and division exercises, the largest serving >600 devices.

Troubleshot network outages by reconfiguring switches and fixing client connectivity.

Maintained the unit’s asset inventory of 1,500+ equipment items, including serial numbers and network records for 500+ laptops.

Built a Python orbital propagator (RK4) to validate the accelerated orbital decay of a Nanosatellite drag sail for space debris mitigation.

Prototyped drag sail deployment mechanisms and designs.

Built remote monitoring for a 4U Hall-effect thruster test rig in Python and Node-RED, with a live dashboard of mass flow controller data and gas flow control. Implemented alerts for pressure and sensor faults.