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Dynamics and Control of Satellite Formations Invariant under the Zonal Harmonic Perturbation by Carletta, Stefano

“…A satellite formation operating in low-altitude orbits is subject to perturbations associated to the higher-order harmonics of the gravitational field, which…”
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A Single-Launch Deployment Strategy for Lunar Constellations by Carletta, Stefano

“…Satellite constellations can provide communication and navigation services to support future lunar missions, and are attracting growing interest from both the…”
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A Magnetometer-Only Attitude Determination Strategy for Small Satellites: Design of the Algorithm and Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing by Carletta, Stefano, Teofilatto, Paolo, Farissi, M.

“…Attitude determination represents a fundamental task for spacecraft. Achieving this task on small satellites, and nanosatellites in particular, is further…”
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Low-Thrust Nonlinear Orbit Control for Very Low Lunar Orbits by Leonardi, Edoardo Maria, Pontani, Mauro, Carletta, Stefano, Teofilatto, Paolo

“…In the next decades, both space agencies and private competitors are targeting the lunar environment as a scientific and technological resource for future…”
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Design and Numerical Validation of an Algorithm for the Detumbling and Angular Rate Determination of a CubeSat Using Only Three-Axis Magnetometer Data by Carletta, Stefano, Teofilatto, Paolo

“…A detumbling algorithm is developed to yield three-axis magnetic stabilization of a CubeSat deployed with unknown RAAN, orbit phase angle, inclination,…”
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Analytic Derivation of Ascent Trajectories and Performance of Launch Vehicles by Teofilatto, Paolo, Carletta, Stefano, Pontani, Mauro

“…This papers introduces an analytic method to define multistage launcher trajectories to determine the payload mass that can be inserted in orbits of different…”
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Long-term capture orbits for low-energy space missions by Carletta, Stefano, Pontani, Mauro, Teofilatto, Paolo

“…This research aims at ascertaining the existence and characteristics of natural long-term capture orbits around a celestial body of potential interest. The…”
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Earth-Venus Mission Analysis via Weak Capture and Nonlinear Orbit Control by De Angelis, Giulio, Carletta, Stefano, Pontani, Mauro, Teofilatto, Paolo

“…Exploration of Venus is recently driven by the interest of the scientific community in understanding the evolution of Earth-size planets, and is leading the…”
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Characterization of Low-Energy Quasiperiodic Orbits in the Elliptic Restricted 4-Body Problem with Orbital Resonance by Carletta, Stefano, Pontani, Mauro, Teofilatto, Paolo

“…In this work, we investigate the behavior of low-energy trajectories in the dynamical framework of the spatial elliptic restricted 4-body problem, developed…”
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Characterization and Testing of the Passive Magnetic Attitude Control System for the 3U AstroBio CubeSat by Carletta, Stefano, Nascetti, Augusto, Gosikere Matadha, Sagar S., Iannascoli, Lorenzo, Baratto de Albuquerque, Thiago, Maipan Davis, Nithin, Schirone, Luigi, Impresario, Gabriele, Pirrotta, Simone, Brucato, John R.

“…AstroBio CubeSat is a mission funded by the Italian Space Agency aimed at validating novel lab-on-chip technology, that would enable the use of micro- and…”
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Design of fuel-saving lunar captures using finite thrust and gravity-braking by Carletta, Stefano

“…The emergence of microsatellite missions leaving low Earth orbits to pursue the exploration of the solar system is currently leading the development of new…”
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Lunar descent and landing via two-phase explicit guidance and pulse-modulated reduced-attitude control by Pontani, Mauro, Celani, Fabio, Carletta, Stefano

“…This work considers the three-dimensional descent path of a space vehicle, from periselenium of its operational orbit to the lunar surface. The trajectory is…”
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An Earth-Mars microsatellite mission leveraging low-energy capture and low-thrust propulsion by Carletta, Stefano, Pontani, Mauro, Teofilatto, Paolo

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Large constellations for fast acquisition and delivery of information: Design and analysis by stereographic projection onto the equatorial plane by Carletta, Stefano, Pontani, Mauro, Teofilatto, Paolo

“…Summary Recent space projects are designed by satellite constellations with a large number of spacecraft, a global character (i.e., from equatorial to high…”
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Dynamics of three-dimensional capture orbits from libration region analysis by Carletta, Stefano, Pontani, Mauro, Teofilatto, Paolo

“…Low-energy trajectories take advantage of the mutual action of multiple celestial bodies on the spacecraft, and can conclude with ballistic capture about the…”
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Implementation and Hardware-In-The-Loop Simulation of a Magnetic Detumbling and Pointing Control Based on Three-Axis Magnetometer Data by Farissi, M. Salim, Carletta, Stefano, Nascetti, Augusto, Teofilatto, Paolo

“…The subject of this work is the implementation and experimental testing of a purely magnetic attitude control strategy, which can provide stabilization after…”
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In-Flight Validation of End-Of-Life Optimized Triple Junction Solar Cells Onboard ASTROBIO Cubesat by Schirone, Luigi, Granello, Pierpaolo, Ferrara, Matteo, Avoli, Matteo, Imperatori, Davide, Davis, Nithin Maipan, Iannascoli, Lorenzo, Nascetti, Augusto, Carletta, Stefano, Paris, Claudio, Greco, Erminio, Campesato, Roberta

“…Small satellites are known to provide low-cost access to space, enabling fast and cheap validation of new technologies for space missions. ASTROBIO is a 3U…”
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In-orbit Characterization of a Lab-on-Chip Payload with Integrated Thin-Film Photosensors for Chemiluminescent Immunoassays aboard the AstroBio CubeSat Mission by Nascetti, Augusto, Carletta, Stefano, Schirone, Luigi, Caputo, Domenico, Lovecchio, Nicola, Cesare, Giampiero de, Davis, Nithin Maipan, Albuquerque, Thiago Baratto De, Granello, Pierpaolo, Iannascoli, Lorenzo, Sansolini, Serena, Mirasoli, Mara, Impresario, Gabriele, Meneghin, Andrea, Brucato, John R.

“…Preliminary results of the in-orbit characterization of an analytical payload based on a lab-on-chip device with integrated thin-film photosensors relying on…”
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