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michealroberts/README.md

Hi, I'm Michael

About Me

I’m a software engineer with 15+ years of experience. I hold an MSc in Astrophysics from UCL and I am a fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society. I have a lifelong passion for astronomy.

Currently, I work at foundational.space as their Head of Software, where I build satellite tracking and space situational awareness tools.

Previously, I was a senior engineer on the Ground Segment team at Loft Orbital. I helped deliver their satellites-as-a-service platform.

I work across frontend and backend stacks. I am comfortable with both front-end languages and frameworks such as TypeScript, Vue and React as well as back-end technologies like Go, Rust, C, C++ and Python. I consider myself to know just about everything about containers and Linux sysadmin.

Outside work, I enjoy stargazing, road trips, surfing, camping and exploring open-source projects.

My Projects

observerly

I am the creator of observerly, a next-generation platform for remote telescope control and astronomical observation.

Feel free to reach out if you’re interested in astronomy, software development, or any of my projects!

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  1. observerly/astrometry observerly/astrometry Public

    observerly’s lightweight, zero-dependency, fully tree-shakeable, type-safe astrometry library for TypeScript. Sun, Moon, planet and satellite (SGP4) positions, IAU 2006/2000A apparent places, ICRS,…

    TypeScript 30 1

  2. observerly/orderly observerly/orderly Public

    Single file, no pushing. Type-safe middleware that brings a little bit of order to Cloudflare Queues.

    TypeScript 2

  3. celerity celerity Public

    celerity is a lightweight, zero-dependency, research-grade native Python astronomy library for precise astronomical calculations and observation planning, with IAU 2006/2000A precession, nutation a…

    Python 3

  4. satelles satelles Public

    satelles is a lightweight, fully typed Python library for satellite tracking and observation planning: TLE parsing and validation, two-body orbit propagation, TEME, inertial, Earth-fixed and topoce…

    Python 4