Lance Yoneshige

About

Lance Yoneshige joined the Hawaii Space Flight Laboratory in 2008 after receiving his Bachelors and Masters of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. His work with HSFL has spanned spacecraft design, fabrication, integration and testing with the HiakaSat and NEUTRON-1 Missions to launcher operations and support for the ORS-4 Launch. He continues to work with spacecraft development on HyTI as well as provide mechanical engineering support for other ongoing projects.

Papers

1. M. Nunes, R. Wright, P. Lucey, L. Flynn, T. Sorensen, E. Pilger, S. Ginoza, M. Wood, L. Yoneshige, G. Guerrero, Y. Onodera, L. Anderson, C. Swenson, S. Babu (2026). "HyTI-2: A Cryogenically Stabilized LWIR Hyperspectral CubeSat for High-Duty-Cycle Space Domain Awareness," Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies (AMOS) Conference, #26423. https://doi.org/10.64861/GMQY8641
2. M. Nunes, R. Wright, P. Lucey, L. Flynn, T. Sorensen, E. Pilger, S. Ginoza, M. Wood, L. Yoneshige, G. Guerrero, Y. Onodera, L. Anderson, C. Swenson, S. Babu (2026). "HyTI-2: Advancing Hyperspectral Thermal Imaging into the Era of Space-Based Edge Processing," 40th Annual AIAA/USU Conference on Small Satellites, SSC26-VII-01. https://doi.org/10.26077/2s6z-xn69
3. S. Kim, M. Nunes, M. I. Rashed, L. Yoneshige, G. Guerrero, S. Ginoza, P. Kline (2026). "HITechSat-1: A Rapidly Integrable 3U Platform for University CubeSat Missions," 40th Annual AIAA/USU Conference on Small Satellites, SSC26-P4-87. https://doi.org/10.26077/5ezb-q858
4. Sorensen, T. C., Nunes, M. A., Chan, J. K., Pilger, E. J., & Yoneshige, L. K. (2014). New Gateway to Space for Small Satellites by the Hawaii Space Flight Laboratory. In Small Satellites Systems and Services Symposium, The 4s Symposium, 26-30 May 2014 in Porto Petro, Majorca, Spain.
5. Sarah T. Crites, Paul G. Lucey, Robert Wright, Jeremy Chan, Harold Garbeil, Keith A. Horton, Amber Imai, Mark Wood, Lance Yoneshige, "SUCHI: The Space Ultra-Compact Hyperspectral Imager for small satellites", in Sensors and Systems for Space Applications VI,Khanh D. Pham; Joseph L. Cox; Genshe Chen, Editors, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 8739 (SPIE, Baltimore, MD 2013), 873902, 10.1117/12.2015628. [Link]
6. Sorensen, T. C., Pilger, E. J., Wood, M. S., Nunes, M. A., & Yoneshige, L. K. (2013). Mission design and operations of a constellation of small satellites for remote sensing. In K. D. Pham, J. L. Cox, R. T. Howard, & G. Chen (Eds.), SPIE 8739, Sensors and Systems for Space Applications VI, 873906 (May 21, 2013) (p. 873906). doi:10.1117/12.2016745
7. Sorensen, T., French, L., Doi, W., Chan, J., Gregory, E., Kobyashi, M., … Yoneshige, L. (2010). "Hawai’iSat-1: Development Of A University Microsatellite For Testing a Thermal Hyperspectral Imager," In AIAA SPACE 2010 Conference & Exposition (p. 1). Reston, Virigina: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. doi:10.2514/6.2010-8922
8. Sorensen, T. C., Hude, C. V., Kobayashi, M. H., Pilger, E. J., Sanyal, A. K., and Yoneshige, L. K. (2009). "LEO-1: Development of a University Microsatellite for Flight Testing New Technologies," American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Space 2009 Conference and Exposition, Paper #2009-6812. [PDF]