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November 8, 2021November 8, 2021News

COMPASS at International Astronautical Congress 2021

The COMPASS group participated to the 72nd International Astronautical Congress this October in Dubai, UAE.

The COMPASS members participating contributed to the technical programme of the congress with several presentation on topics such as space debris, collision avoidance, asteroid ejecta dynamics, formation flying and active debris removal, and sustainability of space. For more info on the research works presented at the congress visit our LinkedIn page.

October 20, 2021November 8, 2021News

ASI scholarship winner in COMPASS

Our Ph.D. candidate Giacomo Borelli has been awarded one of the ASI scholarships to participate to the 72nd International Astronautical Congress (IAC) and the Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) in Dubai this October.

September 14, 2021News

COMPASS group at the first edition of Festival Dell’Ingegneria

Last weekend, the COMPASS group opened its doors during the first edition of Festival dell’Ingegneria. Our research group participated to the open-labs events of the Department of Aerospace Science and Technology of Politecnico di Milano on Saturday and Sunday, sharing our exciting activities in the field of space sustainability.

September 13, 2021News

Presentation about environmental risk assessment of satellite constellations at the Stardust-R Global Virtual Workshop II

Our Eduardo Maria Polli is participating in the Stardust-R Global Virtual Workshop II, presenting a new method for assessing the collision probability for an injecting or de-orbiting satellite that has to pass through a satellite constellation.

April 23, 2021May 27, 2021News

COMPASS researchers at the 8th European Conference on Space Debris

The COMPASS group participated to the 8th European Conference on Space Debris organised by ESA/ESOC on 20-23 April 2021. The conference, held every four years, represents the largest gathering of researchers and professional working on space debris related activities and topics. The COMPASS group contributed with 4 oral presentations and 3 posters.

March 23, 2021May 27, 2021News

COMPASS joins Milano Digital Week for the first time

The COMPASS team took part in Milano Digital Week for the first time this year, with a series of online talks about space sustainability and the services provided by satellites. You can find the recordings at our YouTube channel.

December 16, 2020December 17, 2020News

ESA Space Debris Office seminar at PoliMi

On December 16, Francesca Letizia from the ESA Space Debris Office gave a seminar at PoliMi about the sustainability of the space environment and the importance of space situational awareness for current space activities and for future space exploitation.

December 2, 2020February 2, 2021News

Demisability analysis of re-entering structures on resonant trajectories

Mirko Trisolini from COMPASS participated to the 5th International Space Debris Re-entry Workshop organised by ESA, presenting his work on the re-entry and disposal of GEO satellites on resonant trajectories.

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.

May 7, 2020May 7, 2020News

COMPASS and Space Enable from MIT on a webinar on sustainability

Prof. Danielle Wood from Space Enable MIT Media Lab and Prof. Camilla Colombo from COMPASS talk about “Sustainability in Space and on Earth” on a webinar co-organized by the Italian Space Agency and the US Consulate in Milan.