PhD Candidates
Chiara Conti
Chiara develops guidance and control for spacecraft that rendezvous and dock with satellites for refueling and repair. Her GNC and HIL-testing skills fit a space company building in-orbit servicing missions.
Details
- Advisor
- Dr. Michèle Lavagna
- Field
- Space Systems
- Institution
- Politecnico di Milano
- Skills
- GNC AlgorithmsC++PythonOrbital MechanicsHardware-in-the-Loop TestingSensor Fusion
- Thesis
- Autonomous proximity operations for in-orbit satellite servicing
- Transition Signals
- Internship at D-OrbitFiled first patent on a docking controllerCo-authored with satellite-servicing engineers