GAETANO ZARCONE

PhD Student

PhD program:: XXXVII
email: gaetano.zarcone@uniroma1.it
building: RM031
room: PTE L0039




supervisor: Fabrizio Piergentili

Research: Innovative space debris surveillance systems for circumterrestrial space sustainability and space traffic management

WORK EXPERIENCE/RESEARCH
Ph.D
University of Rome "La Sapienza" [ 01/01/2022 – Current ]
City: Rome
Country: Italy
PhD in Aeronautical and Space Engineering entitled "Innovative space debris surveillance systems for the sustainability of circumterrestrial space and the space traffic management at the Sapienza Space Systems and Space Surveillance laboratory

Research Fellow
University of Rome "La Sapienza" [ 01/12/2020 – 30/11/2021 ]
City: Rome
Country: Italy
Research Fellow at the Space Systems and Space Surveillance laboratory of Sapienza University (Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering).
Optical observations for Space Surveillance and Tracking (SST) and Space Traffic Management (STM) activities.
Project manager for installation of observatory for monitoring the geostationary ring.
Exercises within the "Space Guidance and Navigation Systems" course.
Theoretical and practical lessons of the "Spatial Systems Laboratory" course

Research Fellow
University of Rome "La Sapienza" [ 01/12/2019 – 30/11/2020 ]
City: Rome
Country: Italy
Research Fellow at the Space Systems and Space Surveillance laboratory of Sapienza (Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering).
Optical observations for Space Surveillance and Tracking (SST) and Space Traffic Management (STM) activities.
Study of the light curves of rocket bodies orbiting the Earth.
Responsible for the study of fragmentations in orbit.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Master in «Capacity building in astronautics» (Space mission design and management)
University of Rome "La Sapienza" [ 01/02/2019 – 30/11/2021 ]
Address: Via Eudossiana,18, 00184 Rome (Italy)
Website: https://www.uniroma1.it/it/pagina-strutturale/home

Master's Degree in Space and Astronautical Engineering
University of Rome "La Sapienza" [ 01/10/2014 – 22/01/2019 ]
Address: Via Eudossiana,18 , 00184 Rome (Italy)
Website: https://www.uniroma1.it/it/pagina-strutturale/home

Other languages:
English
LISTENING B2 READING B2 WRITING B2
ORAL PRODUCTION B2 ORAL INTERACTION B2
Degree course dedicated to the training of System Engineer
Main courses followed: Mechanics of Orbital Flight, Control System, Space Missions and Systems, Space Guidance and Navigation, Spacecraft Control
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Mother tongue: Italian
DIGITAL SKILLS
Mastery of Office Package (Word Excel PowerPoint etc) / ▪ Excellent command of Office, Windows and Linux/ Programming Languages: C++, Python, MATLAB




Research products

11573/1666253 - 2023 - Genetic Algorithm for Space Debris and Space Objects Attitude Motion Reconstruction Through Optical Measurements
Cimino, Lorenzo; Mariani, Lorenzo; Varanese, Simone; Zarcone, Gaetano; Bucciarelli, Mascia; Cerci, Mirko; Hadji Hossein, Shariar; Rossetti, Matteo; Piergentili, Fabrizio - 04b Atto di convegno in volume
conference: 2nd NEO and Debris Detection Conference (Darmstadt; Germany)
book: Proceedings 2nd NEO and Debris Detection Conference - ()

11573/1703316 - 2023 - Advances in spaceborne LED payloads attitude determination and autonomous units design for Space Traffic Management
Frezza, Lorenzo; Picci, Niccolò; Gianfermo, Andrea; Bedetti, Emanuele; Amadio, Diego; Mariani, Lorenzo; Zarcone, Gaetano; Cimino, Lorenzo; Rossetti, Matteo; Hadji Hossein, Shariar; Bucciarelli, Mascia; Ghini, Carolina; Fiorella, Maria Carla; Chiavari, Lorenzo; Fabbrizi, Angelo; Boscia, Michela; Kumar, Sidhant; Santoni, Fabio; Seitzer, Patrick; Piergentili, Fabrizio - 04b Atto di convegno in volume
conference: 74th International Astronautical Congress, IAC 2023 (Baku, Azerbaijan)
book: Proceedings of the International astronautical congress, IAC - ()

11573/1692536 - 2023 - CubeSat Confusion CubeSat ID via Ground-based Observations of a Pulsed LED Beacon
Goodyear, Andrew M.; Hinkley, David A.; Marzioli, Paolo; Piergentili, Fabrizio; Zarcone, Gaetano; Cimino, Lorenzo; Rossetti, Matteo; Frezza, Lorenzo; Varanese, Simone; Mariani, Lorenzo - 04b Atto di convegno in volume
conference: 74th International Astronautical Congress (Baku; Azerbaijan)
book: Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC - ()

11573/1696413 - 2023 - Photometric characterization of Starlink satellite tracklets using RGB filters
Hadji Hossein, S.; Cimino, L.; Rossetti, M.; Zarcone, G.; Mariani, L.; Curiano, F.; Bucciarelli, M.; Seitzer, P.; Santoni, F.; Di Cecco, A.; Piergentili, F. - 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. 2741-2758 - issn: 0273-1177 - wos: WOS:001066168200001 (0) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85136151366 (4)

11573/1696409 - 2023 - A dual perspective on geostationary satellite monitoring using DSLR RGB and sCMOS sloan filters
Mariani, Lorenzo; Cimino, Lorenzo; Rossetti, Matteo; Bucciarelli, Mascia; Hossein, Shariar Hadji; Varanese, Simone; Zarcone, Gaetano; Castronuovo, Marco; Di Cecco, Alessandra; Marzioli, Paolo; Piergentili, Fabrizio - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: AEROSPACE (Basel : MDPI) pp. - - issn: 2226-4310 - wos: WOS:001136048400001 (0) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85180429424 (0)

11573/1692544 - 2023 - GEO Optical Measurements Correlation and Angles-Only Orbit Determination
Varanese, Simone; Mariani, Lorenzo; Zarcone, Gaetano; Bucciarelli, Mascia; Cimino, Lorenzo; Rossetti, Matteo; Kelecy, Thomas M. - 04b Atto di convegno in volume
conference: 74th International Astronautical Congress (Baku; Azerbaijan)
book: Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC - ()

11573/1696437 - 2022 - Photometric analysis for testing Starlink solutions to light reflection mitigation
Cimino, L.; Hossein, S. H.; Mariani, L.; Zarcone, G.; Rossetti, M.; Bucciarelli, M.; Di Cecco, A.; Seitzer, P.; Piergentili, F. - 04b Atto di convegno in volume
conference: 73rd International Astronautical Congress, IAC 2022 (Paris)
book: Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC - ()

11573/1696454 - 2022 - Early identification and attitude reconstruction of LED-equipped satellites for Space Traffic Management and improved trackability
Marzioli, P.; Frezza, L.; Picci, N.; Gianfermo, A.; Bedetti, E.; Amadio, D.; Mariani, L.; Zarcone, G.; Cimino, L.; Rossetti, M.; Hadji Hossein, Shariar.; Bucciarelli, M.; Ghini, C.; Fiorella, M. C.; Chiavari, L.; Fabbrizi, A.; Boscia, M.; Kumar, S.; Santoni, F.; Seitzer, P.; Piergentili, F. - 04b Atto di convegno in volume
conference: 73rd International Astronautical Congress, IAC 2022 (Parigi; Francia)
book: Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC - ()

11573/1638383 - 2022 - Satellite early identification through LED observations: First in-orbit results from WildTrackCube-SIMBA
Piergentili, F.; Marzioli, P.; Frezza, L.; Curiano, F.; Zarcone, G.; Mariani, L.; Amadio, D.; Gianfermo, A.; Picci, N.; Bedetti, E.; Hossein, S. H.; Kabutha, D. K.; Celesti, P.; Rossetti, M.; Cimino, L.; Bucciarelli, M.; Seitzer, P.; Cutler, J.; Mwaniki, C.; Toninelli, M.; Jahjah, M.; Santoni, F. - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: ACTA ASTRONAUTICA (Elmsford N.Y.: Pergamon Press) pp. 163-172 - issn: 0094-5765 - wos: WOS:000772023900014 (4) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85123029648 (20)

11573/1666103 - 2022 - A graphical method for the analysis of a satellite’s in-orbit breakup through optical observations
Zarcone, G.; Rossetti, M.; Hadji Hossein, S.; Piergentili, F. - 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. 1048-1061 - issn: 0273-1177 - wos: WOS:000829473100001 (1) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85132827975 (10)

11573/1665624 - 2022 - Large data collection through innovative optical systems for angles-only orbit determination
Zarcone, Gaetano; Rossetti, Matteo; Varanese, Simone; Bucciarelli, Mascia; Cimino, Lorenzo; Hadji Hossein, Shariar; Mariani, Lorenzo; Piergentili, Fabrizio - 04b Atto di convegno in volume
conference: 73rd International Astronautical Congress (Paris; France)
book: Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC - ()

11573/1696427 - 2021 - Overview of optical observation strategies and systems: LEO and GEO measurements acquisition for position and attitude determination
Mariani, Lorenzo; Celesti, Paola; Curiano, Federico; Cimino, Lorenzo; Di Palo, Luigi; Hossein, Shariar Hadji; Rossetti, Matteo; Bucciarelli, Mascia; Zarcone, Gaetano - 04b Atto di convegno in volume
conference: 8th IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for AeroSpace (Virtual, Online)
book: 2021 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for AeroSpace, MetroAeroSpace 2021 - Proceedings - (978-1-7281-7556-0)

11573/1638469 - 2021 - Software-defined multi-lateration tracking for near-space, suborbital and space vehicles. Development of the STRAINS Experiment
Picci, N.; Di Palo, L.; Garofalo, R.; Collettini, L.; Celesti, P.; Bedetti, E.; Di Nunzio, C.; Misercola, L.; Gianfermo, A.; Graux, A.; Zarcone, G.; Pancalli, M. G.; Curiano, F.; Frezza, L.; Santoro, F.; Romanelli, C.; Laufer, R.; Persson, O.; Romanelli, C.; Volpe, A.; Marzioli, P.; Santoni, F. - 04b Atto di convegno in volume
conference: IAF Space communications and navigation symposium 2021 at the 72nd International astronautical congress, IAC 2021 (Dubai; UAE)
book: Proceedings of the International astronautical congress, IAC - ()

11573/1493623 - 2021 - LEO object’s light-curve acquisition system and their inversion for attitude reconstruction
Piergentili, F.; Zarcone, G.; Parisi, L.; Mariani, L.; Hossein, S. H.; Santoni, F. - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: AEROSPACE (Basel : MDPI) pp. 1-18 - issn: 2226-4310 - wos: WOS:000609668600001 (11) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85098848929 (25)

11573/1666169 - 2021 - Image processing for geo detection
Zarcone, G.; Mariani, L.; Bucciarelli, M.; Hadji Hossein, S.; Curianò, F.; Celesti, P.; Di Palo, L. - 04b Atto di convegno in volume
conference: 2021 3rd International congress on human-computer interaction, optimization and robotic applications, HORA (Ankara; Turkey)
book: 2021 3rd International congress on human-computer interaction, optimization and robotic applications, HORA - (978-1-6654-4058-5)

11573/1666171 - 2021 - Innovative observation systems for LEO and GEO orbiting objects state determination
Zarcone, G.; Mariani, L.; Curianò, F.; Hadji Hossein, S.; Cimino, L.; Rossetti, M.; Bucciarelli, M.; Di Palo, L.; Celesti, P.; Frezza, L. - 04b Atto di convegno in volume
conference: 72nd International Astronautical Congress, IAC, International Astronautical Federation, IAF (Dubai)
book: Proceedings of the international astronautical congress, IAC, International astronautical federation, IAF - ()

11573/1666168 - 2021 - Optical observations for energetic characterization of in-orbit explosion: the FREGAT-SB case
Zarcone, G.; Mariani, L.; Rossetti, M.; Cimino, L.; Hadji Hossein, S.; Piergentili, F.; Santoni, F.; Curianò, F. - 04b Atto di convegno in volume
conference: 8th European Conference on Space Debris (Darmstadt)
book: ESA Space Debris Office - ()

11573/1544864 - 2020 - Bistatic optical measurements for dynamic characterization of LEO objects
Mariani, L.; Zarcone, G.; Acernese, M.; Curiano, F.; Hossein, S. H.; Parisi, L.; Santoni, F.; Piergentili, F. - 04b Atto di convegno in volume
conference: 71st International Astronautical Congress, IAC 2020 (Virtual, Online)
book: Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC - ()

11573/1493645 - 2020 - Space debris observation activities at s5lab: From telescope measurements to orbit and attitude determination
Mariani, L.; Zarcone, G.; Delfini, A.; Acernese, M.; Hossein, S. H.; Parisi, L.; Curiano, F.; Santoni, F.; Piergentili, F. - 04b Atto di convegno in volume
conference: 7th IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for AeroSpace, MetroAeroSpace 2020 (ita)
book: 2020 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for AeroSpace, MetroAeroSpace 2020 - Proceedings - (978-1-7281-6636-0)

11573/1416042 - 2019 - Bi static optical measurements for reentering objects attitude and obit determination
Mariani, Lorenzo; Acernese, Marco; Curiano', Federico; Hadji Hossein, Shariar; Melillo, Stefania; Parisi, Leonardo; Piergentili, Fabrizio; Santoni, Fabio; Sozza, Alessandro; Zarcone, Gaetano - 04b Atto di convegno in volume
conference: Italian Association of Aeronautics and Astronautics XXV International Congress (Rome, Italy)
book: Proceedings of AIDAA 2019, XXV International Congress of Aeronautics and Astronautics - (9788894396010)

11573/1638622 - 2019 - From stratospheric experiments to CubeSat development: Lessons learned from the S5Lab participation into ESA hands-on educational programmes
Marzioli, P.; Bandini, V.; Gianfermo, A.; Amadio, D.; Bedetti, E.; Broggi, G.; Bandini, V.; Celesti, P.; Collettini, L.; Curiano, F.; Di Ienno, D.; Di Palo, L.; Frezza, L.; Bandini, V.; Garofalo, R.; Hossein, S. H.; Iovanna, F.; Lucente, P.; Mattei, G.; Pancalli, M. G.; Vestito, E.; Zarcone, G.; Acernese, M.; Parisi, L. - 04b Atto di convegno in volume
conference: 70th International Astronautical Congress, IAC 2019 (Washington DC, USA)
book: Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC - ()

11573/1416033 - 2018 - Improving accuracy of LEO objects Two-Line Elements through optical measurements
Acernese, Marco; Mariani, Lorenzo; Curiano', Federico; Hadji Hossein, Shariar; Zarcone, Gaetano; Molotov, Igor; Voropaev, Viktor; Santoni, Fabio; Piergentili, Fabrizio - 04b Atto di convegno in volume
conference: International Astronautical Congress, IAC (Bremen, Germany)
book: Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC, International Astronautical Federation, IAF - ()

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