Paolo Lunghi
A5089059535- Space Satellite Systems and Control
- Spacecraft Dynamics and Control
- Astro and Planetary Science
- Inertial Sensor and Navigation
- Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization
- Planetary Science and Exploration
- Robotic Path Planning Algorithms
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
- Guidance and Control Systems
- Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies
- Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems
- Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
- Particle Detector Development and Performance
- Spacecraft Design and Technology
- Satellite Image Processing and Photogrammetry
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
- CCD and CMOS Imaging Sensors
- Aerospace Engineering and Energy Systems
- Target Tracking and Data Fusion in Sensor Networks
- Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems
- Geological Modeling and Analysis
- Neural Networks and Applications
- Aerospace Engineering and Control Systems
- Robotic Mechanisms and Dynamics
- Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
Politecnico di Milano
2015-2024
University of Milan
2018
Fondazione Bruno Kessler
2018
Recent studies demonstrate the possibility of navigating in proximity uncooperative space resident objects by using only monocular images. Despite results achieved, development and testing new algorithms are strongly constrained availability spaceborne image datasets. To overcome this, a algorithm embedded tool to generate synthetic high-fidelity datasets is presented here. The architecture developed can be tailored wide range scenarios it based on an open-source ray-tracing software. All...
Autonomous spacecraft relative navigation via monocular images became a hot topic in the past few years and, recently, received further push thanks to constantly growing field of artificial neural networks and publication several spaceborne image datasets. Despite proliferation relative-state initialization algorithms developed, most architectures adopt computationally expensive solutions relying on convolutional (CNNs) that provide accurate output at cost high computational burden seems...
HERMES (High Energy Rapid Modular Ensemble of Satellites) Technological and Scientific pathfinder is a space borne mission based on LEO constellation nano-satellites. The 3U CubeSat buses host new miniaturized detectors to probe the temporal emission bright high-energy transients such as Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs). Fast transient localization, in field view several steradians with arcmin-level accuracy, gained by comparing time delays among same event detection epochs occurred at least 3 With...
HERMES-TP/SP (High Energy Rapid Modular Ensemble of Satellites Technologic and Scientific Pathfinder) is a constellation six 3U nano-satellites hosting simple but innovative X-ray detectors, characterized by large energy band excellent temporal resolution, thus optimized for the monitoring Cosmic High transients such as Gamma Ray Bursts electromagnetic counterparts Gravitational Wave Events, determination their positions. The projects are funded Italian Ministry University Research Space...
The exploration of celestial bodies such as the Moon, Mars, or even smaller ones comets and asteroids, is next frontier space exploration. One most interesting attractive purposes from scientific point view in this field, capability for a spacecraft to land on bodies. Monocular cameras are widely adopted perform task due their low cost system complexity. Nevertheless, image-based algorithms motion estimation range across different scales complexities computational loads. In paper, method...
Within Quantum Gravity theories, different models for space-time quantisation predict an energy dependent speed photons. Although the predicted discrepancies are minuscule, GRB, occurring at cosmological distances, could be used to detect this signature of granularity with a new concept modular observatory huge overall collecting area consisting in fleet small satellites low orbits, sub-microsecond time resolution and wide band (keV-MeV). The enormous number collected photons will allow...
The association of GW170817 with GRB170817A proved that electromagnetic counterparts gravitational wave events are the key to deeply understand physics NS-NS merges. Upgrades existing GW antennas and construction new ones will allow increase sensitivity down several hundred Mpc vastly increasing number possible counterparts. Monitoring hard X-ray/soft gamma-ray sky good localisation capabilities help effectively tackle this problem allowing fully exploit multi-messenger astronomy. However,...