Arif KARABEYOĞLU

Turkish Space Agency (TUA) • Faculty Member, KOÇ University in İstanbul, Board member for the Turkish Space Agency

Prof. Dr. Arif Karabeyoğlu is currently a faculty member at Koc University in Istanbul, Turkiye, and serves as a board member for the Turkish Space Agency.

He has founded and managed several rocket propulsion and green energy companies including Space Propulsion Group Inc. (SPG) in California/USA and DeltaV Space in Istanbul/Türkiye.

Dr. Karabeyoğlu also served as the CTO for Fergani space between 2022-2024, a company developing satellite constellations and orbital transfer vehicles (OTV). The hybrid rocket-based OTV has been successfully operated in space for an orbit raising mission. His research focuses on rocket propulsion and green energy systems, covering both theoretical studies and practical propulsion/combustion testing. In addition, Dr. Karabeyoglu has years of experience as an instructor at Stanford University, Koc University and other organizations over a wide range of subjects including thermodynamics, space systems engineering, rocket propulsion and experimental aeronautics and astronautics. He has served as the Program Manager and Principal Investigator for many programs that focused on the development and testing of hybrid rockets, green in-space propulsion systems and green fuels for terrestrial applications. He has authored numerous journal articles, conference papers, and obtained patents in rocket propulsion and green energy. He was the chairman of the AIAA's Hybrid Technical Committee during 2009-2011 and served on the Expert Advisory Board that oversaw the development of the SpaceShipTwo propulsion system developed for Virgin Galactic.

He is currently serving as the co-chair for IAC 2026, one of the world’s largest space conferences. Dr. Karabeyoğlu is an associate fellow of AIAA

Events

77th International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2026)

5 - 9 October 2026

Antalya, Türkiye

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IAF Spring Meetings 2026

24-26 March 2026

Paris, France

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The Global Space Exploration Conference 2025

7-9 May 2025

New Delhi, India

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IAF Spring Meetings 2025

25-27 March 2025

Paris, France

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IAF Spring Meetings 2024

26-28 March 2024

Paris, France

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