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Vittorio

@VittoFranz
 Milan, Lombardy
Joined June 2017
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As we enter Phase B, check out the current status of #LUMIO mission. The paper is open access! sciencedirect.com/science/ar… @MonKeed @CaGiordano_ @VittoFranz @massarimauro @GigiDiLizia
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Which is the best method to navigate in a double asteroid environment? You'll find the answer in the new paper by @Mpugliattia, @VittoFranz, and @FrancescoTop published by @aiaa's J. of Spacecraft and Rockets. arc.aiaa.org/doi/10.2514/1.A…
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ESA's M-Argo mission will be the first #CubeSat to fly itself thru interplanetary space - while an #ESATech workshop this month considers chemical or electric propulsion options for future #CubeSats in Earth orbit, getting these versatile mini-sats moving esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Image…
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A procedure to identify the envelop of reachable asteroids by the Miniaturised Asteroid Remote Geophysical Observer (M-ARGO) CubeSat is presented in a @ElsevierConnect ASR paper coauthored by our @FrancescoTop, Yang Wang, Carmine Giordano, @VittoFranz sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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The preliminary mission profile of Hera’s Milani #CubeSat is presented in the new paper by our @fabiolouf, @VittoFranz, @Mpugliatti, @CaGiordano_ , @FrancescoTop on @ElsevierConnect ASR sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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You're lost in space and you see beacons, but you don’t know which one to use? The new paper by our V. Franzese and @FrancescoTop suggests an optimal beacons selection strategy for deep-space optical navigation link.springer.com/article/10…
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I am extremely honored to have been awarded an #ERC Consolidator Grant to conduct fundamental research in the field of astrodynamics. teapawt.net/ERC_Research/status/12… #Thread
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📢 Consolidator Grant results! 301 excellent researchers received #ERCCoG worth in total €600 million - to address frontier research questions, build up their teams and have far-reaching impact. erc.europa.eu/news/erc-award… 🇪🇺#EUfunded @EUScienceInnov @EU_Commission @GabrielMariya

ERC 2019 Consolidator Grant competition results

301 top scientists and scholars across Europe will receive ERC funding worth in total €600 million.

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#ESATech image of the week: this suitcase-sized spacecraft is a 12-unit #CubeSat designed for deep space exploration of an #asteroid. M-Argo has just passed its Mission Design Review, confirming it is able to reach a choice of 148 near-Earth #asteroids esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Image…
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Very happy to have kicked off the M-ARGO deep space CubeSat project with Gomspace and Politecnico di Milano, along with our experts at ESA supporting the mission. The journey to rendezvous with the asteroid starts here!
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Nice news article by @esa's CDF featuring the #LUMIO study performed in February. esa.int/Our_Activities/Space…
SysNova – Lunar Challenges Studied in the CDF

SysNova – Lunar Challenges Studied in the CDF

The annual SysNova challenge from the Discovery&Preparation Programme (GSP) has been running for 4 years and this year the challenge focused on LUnar Cubesats for Exploration (LUCE).

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Deviations from #GeneralRelativity can be tested by spacecraft on Sun-Earth saddle point ballistic fly-through trajectories, as explained in the new paper by our @FrancescoTop and @diogene_gg link.springer.com/article/10…
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Falcon Heavy side cores have landed at SpaceX’s Landing Zones 1 and 2.
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Il CubeSat #LUMIO di @AerospacePoliMI tra i vincitori della challenge #SYSNOVA di @esaGSP. Un satellite artificiale in miniatura in grado di osservare, quantificare e descrivere gli impatti dei meteoroidi sulla Luna. Foto: ESA esa.int/Our_Activities/Space…
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ESA picks two tiny spacecraft to study the dark side of the Moon engadget.com/2018/01/29/esa-… via @engadget
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Lunar Meteoroid Impacts Observer Mission, winner of the ESA Sysnova competition. #LUMIO @FrancescoTop @diogene_gg @massarimauro @GigiDiLizia @sette_pini @esa @ASI_spazio @asi @polimi @DelftUniversity @Leonardo_IT
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#Luna senza segreti per #Lumio @polimi @FrancescoTop asitv.it/media/vod/v/4412/vi…
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Imagine sending a spacecraft the size of an airline cabin bag to the #Moon – what would you have it do? ESA issued that challenge to European teams last year, and two winners have now been chosen. #CubeSats esa.int/Our_Activities/Space…
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CubeSats for hunting secrets in lunar darkness esa.int/Our_Activities/Space… via @esa. So proud to be the Mission Analyst of LUMIO and to work with a committed Team. @FrancescoTop @massarimauro @GigiDiLizia @sette_pini @AerospacePoliMI @AETUDelft @EPFL @Leonardo_IT @UofA @SandTcorp
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