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October 25, 2020October 25, 2020News

From Italy to CyberSpace: COMPASS joins the 71 International Astronautical Congress

In-person meetings have become a rare luxury due to the COVID-19 pandemic. That is why the International Astronautical Federation has made the 71st International Astronautical Congress – The CyberSpace Edition their first fully online congress. On 12-14 October more than 10,000 attendees joined all over the world to share the latest space developments. The COMPASS team contributed with 5 papers and videolectures.

February 12, 2020April 14, 2020News

Matteo Romano’s PhD Defence

Matteo Romano successfully defended his PhD thesis “Orbit propagation and uncertainty modelling for planetary protection compliance verification” at Politecnico di Milano, to be awarded the degree of Doctor.

November 11, 2019January 10, 2020News

Inaugural Lecture of 157th Academic Year of Politecnico di Milano

Check out the Inaugural Lecture for the Opening of the 157th Academic Year of Politecnico di Milano by Camilla Colombo on “Satellites and Space Debris: Services from Space in a more sustainable world”.

July 8, 2019July 8, 2019News

Research stay at the European Space Operations Centre

Stefan Frey and Matteo Romano from the COMPASS team are carrying out their last visiting periods at the European Space Operations Centre of ESA, where they will once more work “on the field” to improve the existing tools with the latest developments from their researches.

July 3, 2019January 13, 2020News

ESA’s Space Engineering and Technology Final Presentation Days

Every year, the European Space Agency organizes its Space Engineering and Technology Final Presentation Days, a remarkable occasion to look back on the recent achievements from its technology programmes. This year, the event took place 2-4 July at ESTEC, with ESOC joining on 3 July. Juan Luis Gonzalo from COMPASS was on ESOC to present our recent work on the use of sails and tethers as passive deorbiting devices, developed in collaboration with 4 other European partners.

Variable fit for the new extension of the King-Hele atmospheric model

May 13, 2019May 13, 2019News

Publication of article on the extension of the King-Hele contraction method

An article presenting parts of the research conducted in the COMPASS group is being published in the Advances in Space Research journal. The paper shows how to improve the accuracy of semi-analytically propagated orbits – especially highly eccentric ones – perturbed by atmospheric drag.

Stefan Frey and Pierluigi Di Lizia at the 37th IADC meeting

May 10, 2019May 10, 2019News

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From Italy to CyberSpace: COMPASS joins the 71 International Astronautical Congress

Matteo Romano’s PhD Defence

Inaugural Lecture of 157th Academic Year of Politecnico di Milano

Research stay at the European Space Operations Centre

ESA’s Space Engineering and Technology Final Presentation Days

Publication of article on the extension of the King-Hele contraction method

Participation at the 37th IADC meeting at ASI, Rome

CanSat Italy Competition

MIAPP at Asteroid Day