Meteoroids detection with the LUMIO lunar CubeSat

F Topputo, G Merisio, V Franzese, C Giordano… - Icarus, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Lunar Meteoroid Impacts Observer (LUMIO) is a CubeSat mission to observe,
quantify, and characterize the meteoroid impacts on the lunar farside by detecting their …

Celestial bodies far-range detection with deep-space CubeSats

V Franzese, F Topputo - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
Detecting celestial bodies while in deep-space travel is a critical task for the correct
execution of space missions. Major bodies such as planets are bright and therefore easy to …

Application of pulsar-based navigation for deep-space cubesats

A Malgarini, V Franzese, F Topputo - Aerospace, 2023 - mdpi.com
This paper investigates the use of pulsar-based navigation for deep-space CubeSats. A
novel approach for dealing with the onboard computation of navigational solutions and …

[HTML][HTML] The vision-based guidance, navigation, and control system of Hera's Milani Cubesat

M Pugliatti, F Piccolo, A Rizza, V Franzese, F Topputo - Acta Astronautica, 2023 - Elsevier
Milani is a 6U CubeSat that will be released in the Didymos binary asteroid system by ESA's
Hera spacecraft. Its objectives are to study and characterize the system's asteroids, thus …

[PDF][PDF] An overview of the EXTREMA deep-space optical navigation experiment

P Panicucci, E Andreis, V Franzese… - 3rd Space Imaging …, 2022 - re.public.polimi.it
Space economy is growing and an increasing number of satellites is expected to orbit in the
Solar System. Current Deep-Space Network infrastructure can not manage the increasing …

Present-day model of lunar meteoroids and their impact flashes for LUMIO mission

G Merisio, F Topputo - Icarus, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Lunar Meteoroid Impacts Observer (LUMIO) is a CubeSat mission to observe,
quantify, and characterize the meteoroid impacts by detecting their flashes on the lunar …

Design and analysis of the cis-lunar navigation for the argomoon cubesat mission

M Lombardo, M Zannoni, I Gai, L Gomez Casajus… - Aerospace, 2022 - mdpi.com
In the framework of the Artemis-1 mission, 10 CubeSats will be released, including the 6U
CubeSat ArgoMoon, built by the Italian company Argotec and coordinated by the Italian …

[HTML][HTML] Performance analysis of crosslink radiometric measurement based autonomous orbit determination for cislunar small satellite formations

E Turan, S Speretta, E Gill - Advances in Space Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Recent advances in space technology provide an opportunity for small satellites to be
launched in cislunar space. However, tracking these small satellites still depends on ground …

KARI and NASA JSC collaborative endeavors for joint Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter flight dynamics operations: architecture, challenges, successes, and lessons …

YJ Song, J Bae, SB Hong, J Bang, KM Pohlkamp… - Aerospace, 2023 - mdpi.com
This paper outlines the collaborative efforts between the Korea Aerospace Research
Institute (KARI) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Johnson …

[PDF][PDF] Vision-Based Navigation for the LUMIO CubeSat Mission

P Panicucci, F Piccolo, A Rizza, G Merisio… - 46th AAS Guidance …, 2024 - re.public.polimi.it
The Earth-Moon system is constantly bombarded by meteoroids whose scientific interest
relies in the possibility to infer information about Solar System evolution and formation …