Mehmet Fatih Ertürk
🚀 Astronautical Engineer & AOCS-FD Specialist

Hello, I'm Mehmet Fatih

Your orbit and guidance expert, even in mountain trails.

Callsign: TA2NMU

About Me & Interests

Hi dear Guest! I'm an astronautical engineer. You can find some special subjects about me and my interests in this website. Therefore, you will see orbit related things in general. On the other hand, I am also studying attitude control and communication systems. Please do not hesitate to contact me about following projects.

Orbital Mechanics Orbit Determination AOCS Satellite Communication

Career & Education Journey

Education

ITU

PhD. Aeronautics and Astronautics Engineering

Istanbul Technical University
(2026-...)

ITU

M.Sc. Aeronautics and Astronautics Engineering

Istanbul Technical University
(2019-2022)

UTAA

B.Sc. Astronautical Engineering

University of Turkish Aeronautical Association
(2014-2019)

Experience

TAI

AOCS-FD Engineer

Turkish Aerospace Industries
Ankara-Türkiye (11.2021 - ...)

INVAP

AOCS-FD Engineer (as TAI employee)

INVAP, Bariloche-Argentina
(09.2022-08.2023)

TAI

Assistant Engineer

Turkish Aerospace Industries
Ankara-Türkiye (05.2021-10.2021)

Intern

Türksat Uydu Haberleşme Kablo Tv İşletme A.Ş.
Ankara-Türkiye (06.2018-07.2018)

Intern

5. Main Maintenance Factory
Ankara-Türkiye (07.2017-08.2017)

Publications & Presentations

  1. Avgın H., Bülbül, E.N., Seven, B., Haytaoğlu E. and Ertürk, M.F. (2025), GNSS-Based Kinematic Precise Orbit Determination in Satellites, 13. Ankara International Aerospace Conference, Ankara, Turkey, Sept 2025
  2. Bulut, M., Dayanç, E., Yılgın, Z., Şentürk, Ç. and Ertürk, M.F. (2025), Optimization of In-Plane Positioning of Geostationary Satellites Using Lambert’s and Primer Vector Theorems, 13. Ankara International Aerospace Conference, Ankara, Turkey, Sept 2025
  3. Ertürk, M.F. and Hajiyev C. (2023), Optimal Tuning of a Nanosatellite Attitude Controller Using TRIAD-Aided Kalman Filter and Particle Swarm Optimization, 74th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct 2023.
  4. Ertürk, M.F. and Hajiyev C. (2023), PD Controller with Particle Swarm Optimization for Satellite Attitude Control, International Symposium on Unmanned Systems and the Defense Industry 2022, ISUDEF 2022 (Spain), Sustainable Aviation, Springer, Oct 2023.
  5. Ertürk, M.F. and Hajiyev C. (2023), Satellite Magnetic Attitude Control Based on PD Controller with Particle Swarm Optimization, International Scientific Conference on Aeronautics, Automotive and Railway Engineering and Technologies, Bulgaria, Sept 2023.
  6. Ertürk, M.F. and Hajiyev C. (2023), Development of Satellite Attitude Controller with TRIAD and Particle Swarm Optimization Using Only Magnetic Actuators, 5th International Conference on Problems of Cybernetics and Informatics (PCI), Azerbaijan, Aug 2023.
  7. Ertürk, M.F. and Hajiyev C. (2022), Magnetic Torquers Only Attitude Control of a 3U Cube Satellite, WSEAS Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 18, pp.128-133, 2022.
  8. Ertürk, M.F., Koprucu, S.U., Sengil, N., Sisman, T.C. and Yaman, M. (2021), Low-Energy and Low-Thrust Lunar Trajectory Design Using Particle Swarm Optimization, 11. Ankara International Aerospace Conference, Ankara, Turkey, Sept 2021.
  9. Ertürk, M.F. (2020), Doppler Based Orbit Determination with Optimization, Open Source CubeSat Workshop, Dec 2020. YouTube
  10. Arabacı, M.C., Cirtil, H.M., Erdenk, B., Ertürk, M.F., Ghanbarpourasl, H., Kaya, M., Sisman, T.C. ve Yenidoğan, K. (2020), Doppler Ölçümlerinin Optimizasyonla Yörünge Tespitinde Kullanılması (Orbit Determination with Doppler Measurements Using Optimization), VIII. Ulusal Havacılık ve Uzay Konferansı (8. National Aerospace Conference), Ankara, Turkey, Sept 2020.
  11. Ertürk, M.F., Koprucu, S.U., Gomroki, M.M., Sengil, N., Sisman, T.C. ve Yaman, M. (2020), Bir Küp Uydu Ay Görevi İçin Ön Yörünge Tasarımı (Preliminary Orbit Design for a Cubesat Moon Mission), VIII. Ulusal Havacılık ve Uzay Konferansı (8. National Aerospace Conference), Ankara, Turkey, Sept 2020.
  12. Ertürk, M.F. (2019), Discussion of Angles Only Methods For The Case Of Multi-Observer, 10. Ankara International Aerospace Conference, Ankara, Turkey, Sept 2019.
  13. Ertürk, M.F., Koprucu, S.U., Arda, I., Erkan, Y.B. ve Sisman, T.C. (2018), Uyduların Belirli Bir Bölgeden Görünür Geçişlerinin Saptanması (Determination of Visible Passes of Satellites from a Spesified Location), VII. Ulusal Havacılık ve Uzay Konferansı (7. National Aerospace Conference), Samsun, Turkey, Sept 2018.

Theses

M.Sc. Thesis

ITU

Magnetic Attitude Control of a Nanosatellite

Istanbul Technical University
(2022)

B.Sc. Thesis

UTAA

The Gooding's Angles-Only Orbit Determination Method

University of Turkish Aeronautical Association
(2019)

Ground Stations

Active Stations

#1616 - TA2NMU #1 #3161 - TA2NMU #3

Old Stations

#2761 - TA2NMU #2 #510 - UTAA Ground Station

Technical Competencies

AOCS & Flight Dynamics Tools:

GMAT STK / ODTK Orekit

Programming & Scripting Languages:

MATLAB Python Java C

CAD & Engineering Software:

SolidWorks

Languages

Turkish (Native) English (TOEFL iBT 91 / B2) Spanish (A2)

Hobbies

Photography Theater Trekking Amateur Radio