ANDREA SESTA

PhD Student

PhD program:: XXXVII
email: andrea.sesta@uniroma1.it
phone: 0644585976
building: Piano 3, terrazza chiostro (edificio A)
room: Laboratorio di Radio Scienza (10)

supervisor: Luciano Iess
advisor: Luciano Iess
co-supervisor: Daniele Durante

Research: Orbit Determination and Time Synchronization (ODTS) for a Lunar Radio Navigation System (LRNS)

• EDUCATION
(Nov. 2021 - Ongoing) Ph.D. in Aeronautics and Space Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
(Sep. 2019 - Oct. 2021) Master degree in Space and Astronautical Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, 110/110 cum laude (with Honours Program)
(Sep. 2016 - Nov. 2019) Bachelor degree in Aerospace Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy 110/110 cum laude (with Honours Program)

• AWARDS
(Sep. 2016 - Jul. 2021) Scholarship Collegio Universitario dei Cavalieri del Lavoro "Lamaro Pozzani", Rome, Italy

• PROJECTS
(Nov. 2021 - Ongoing) ATLAS: Fundamental Techniques, Models and Algorithms for a Lunar Radio Navigation System (LRNS) within the ESA Moonlight Project.
My contribution relates to the orbit determination software code and numerical simulation for the ODTS of the LRNS

Research products

11573/1724795 - 2024 - Positioning of a lunar surface rover on the south pole using LCNS and DEMs

Audet, Yoann; Melman, Floor Thomas; Molli, Serena; Sesta, Andrea; Plumaris, Michael; Psychas, Dimitrios; Swinden, Richard; Giordano, Pietro; Ventura-Traveset, Javier - 01a Articolo in rivista

paper: ADVANCES IN SPACE RESEARCH (Elsevier Science Limited:Oxford Fulfillment Center, PO Box 800, Kidlington Oxford OX5 1DX United Kingdom:011 44 1865 843000, 011 44 1865 843699, EMAIL: asianfo@elsevier.com, tcb@elsevier.co.UK, INTERNET: http://www.elsevier.com, http://www.elsevier.com/locate/shpsa/, Fax: 011 44 1865 843010) pp. 2532-2550 - issn: 0273-1177 - wos: WOS:001283696600001 (0) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85197410494 (0)

11573/1724797 - 2024 - Nonlinear Guidance for a Transfer Orbit to the Moon

Sesta, Andrea; Durante, Daniele; Iess, Luciano; Bucci, Lorenzo; Mackenzie, Ruaraidh - 04b Atto di convegno in volume

conference: 29th International Symposium on Space Flight Dynamics (ISSFD) (Darmstadt Germany)

book: Proceedings of the 29th International Symposium on Space Flight Dynamics (ISSFD) - ()

11573/1697325 - 2023 - High Performance Orbit Determination and Time Synchronization for Lunar Radio Navigation Systems

Iess, Luciano; Di Benedetto, Mauro; Boscagli, Giovanni; Racioppa, Paolo; Sesta, Andrea; De Marchi, Fabrizio; Cappuccio, Paolo; Durante, Daniele; Molly, Serena; Plumaris, Michael K.; Tartaglia, Pasquale; Santi, Fabrizio; Géoazur, Agnes Fienga; Linty, Nicola; Sosnica, Krzysztof; Belfi, Jacopo; Giordano, Pietro; Swinden, Richard; Ventura-Traveset, Javier - 04b Atto di convegno in volume

conference: International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GNSS+ 2023) (Denver, Colorado)

book: Proceedings of the 36th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GNSS+ 2023) - (978-0-936406-35-0)

11573/1726454 - 2023 - Navigation Performance of Low Lunar Orbit Satellites Using a Lunar Radio Navigation Satellite System

Molli, Serena; Tartaglia, Pasquale; Audet, Yoann; Sesta, Andrea; Plumaris, Michael; Melman, Floor; Swinden, Richard; Giordano, Pietro; Ventura-Traveset, Javier - 01a Articolo in rivista

paper: NAVIGATION (Manassas VA: Institute of Navigation Hoboken NJ: The Institute Los Angeles Calif.: The Institute) pp. 4051-4083 - issn: 2161-4296 - wos: (0) - scopus: (0)

11573/1697327 - 2023 - Orbit Determination and Time Transfer for a Lunar Radio Navigation System

Sesta, Andrea; Di Benedetto, Mauro; Durante, Daniele; Iess, Luciano; Plumaris, Michael; Racioppa, Paolo; Cappuccio, Paolo; Di Stefano, Ivan; Pastina, Debora; Boscagli, Giovanni; Molli, Serena; De Marchi, Fabrizio; Cascioli, Gael; Sosnica, Krzysztof; Fienga, Agnes; Linty, Nicola; Belfi, Jacopo - 04d Abstract in atti di convegno

conference: EGU General Assembly (Vienna, Austria)

book: EGU General Assembly 2023 - ()

11573/1697328 - 2023 - Precise orbits for the lunar navigation system: challenges in the modeling of perturbing forces and broadcast orbit representation

Sośnica, Krzysztof; Zajdel, Radosław; Bury, Grzegorz; Di Benedetto, Mauro; Durante, Daniele; Sesta, Andrea; Fienga, Agnes; Linty, Nicola; Belfi, Jacobo; Iess, Luciano - 04d Abstract in atti di convegno

conference: EGU General Assembly (Vienna, Austria)

book: EGU General Assembly 2023 - ()

11573/1667295 - 2022 - An architecture for a Lunar Navigation system: Orbit Determination and Time Synchronization

Di Benedetto, M.; Boscagli, G.; De Marchi, F.; Durante, D.; Santi, F.; Sesta, A.; Plumaris, M. K.; Fienga, A.; Linty, N.; Sosnica, K.; Belfi, J.; Iess, L. - 04b Atto di convegno in volume

conference: 8th International ESA Colloquium on Scientific and Fundamental Aspects of GNSS (Sofia; Bulgaria)

book: 8th International ESA Colloquium on Scientific and Fundamental Aspects of GNSS - ()