The New Space Economy will foster more and more the exploitation of the cost-effective autonomous orbit rising from low to high orbit in order to reduce the cost of new communications, navigation and observation missions. The activity aims at implementing on-board orbit navigation filter architecture supporting MEO and GEO Earth Orbit Rising (EOR) using low thrust electric propulsive system and Galileo Space Service Volume novel capabilities. The work will benefit of the direct processing of Hardware in The Loop GNSS generated data from high fidelity EOR MEO and GEO missions, made available by external testing facilities.

Main topic:

GNC (Guide, Navigation e Control) for space systems

Course of study and candidate requirements:

Master thesis topic in Aerospace Engineering with focus on Space systems or Avionics. Knowledge of space systems and GNC (Guide, Navigation and Control)

Location: Naples