SPACE GUIDANCE AND TRACKING SYSTEMS
Course objectives
Acquisition of analysis and synthesis skills of guidance and navigation systems in space missions and interaction with control, other vehicle subsystems. Applications of space surveillance techniques for the monitoring, prevention, and removal of space debris. Knowledge and evaluation of the effect of environmental perturbations on the evolution of complex orbital systems (i.e. megaconstellations, clouds of fragments, formations ...) and sustainability of space traffic.
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FABRIZIO PIERGENTILI
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Program - Frequency - Exams
Books
- Battin: An introduction to the mathematics
- Bong Wie: Space Vehicle Guidance, Control and Astrodynamics
- Brown: Hwang - Introduction to random signals and applied Kalmann Filter
- Karamba Girard: Fundaments of aerospace navigation and guidance
- Chan: Spacecraft collision probability
- Kaplan: Understanding GPS principle ...
- Vallado: Astrodynamics
DANIELE DURANTE
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Program - Frequency - Exams
Course program
- Ground and on-board radio tracking systems
- Doppler measurements and error budget
- Range measurements: Sequential ranging and Pseudo-Noise ranging
- Delta Differential One-way Ranging (DDOR)
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of math, physics, and signal analysis. Knowledge of telecommunication and tracking onboard systems.
Books
Class notes distributed by the teacher.
Frequency
Class lectures.
Exam mode
Oral exam.
Lesson mode
Class lectures with supporting notes.
- Lesson code10606307
- Academic year2025/2026
- CourseSpace and astronautical engineering
- CurriculumSpace transportation (percorso formativo valido anche ai fini del conseguimento del doppio titolo con Georgia institute of technology and Georgia Tech Lorraine)
- Year2nd year
- Semester2nd semester
- SSDING-IND/05
- CFU6