Patrick Haddox

Patrick Haddox is CEO and co-founder of Samara Aerospace, where he leads the development of advanced satellite platforms for both defense and commercial space missions. With more than a decade of experience in spacecraft technology, Patrick specializes in attitude determination and control systems, trajectory optimization, and hardware-in-the-loop simulations. Earlier in his career, he developed a state-of-the-art real-time hardware-in-the-loop space vehicle dynamics simulation suite for the Air Force Research Laboratory. At CU Aerospace, he created high-performance orbit optimization tools and co-developed the Distributed and Scalable IMU system for spacecraft jitter detection and source localization. At Blue Canyon Technologies, he led ADCS test campaigns on missions including DARPA Blackjack, MethaneSat, and the Space Development Agency's missile tracking layer. Patrick holds a Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, as well as Bachelor of Science degrees in Engineering Mechanics from UIUC and Physics from Illinois State University.