PAOLO RACIOPPA

PhD Graduate

PhD program:: XXXV


advisor: Prof. Luciano Iess

Thesis title: Precise orbit determination of a lunar constellation of small satellites by Same Beam Interferometry

This Doctoral Thesis focuses on evaluating the benefits and challenges associated with use of the Same Beam Interferometry (SBI) in the context of a lunar navigation system. The primary objective is to demonstrate the effectiveness of this technique in extending traditional deep space range and range-rate measurements to enhance precise orbit determination of the navigation system constellation. The work addresses key questions such as the requirements for implementing SBI in a lunar scenario, the performance improvements and the critical issues that must be resolved when integrating same beam interferometry into orbit determination processes. By exploring these questions, this thesis aims to provide valuable insights into the practical applications and potential advancements of SBI for deep space missions.

Research products

11573/1709348 - 2024 - Radio Science Experiments during a Cruise Phase to Uranus
Di Stefano, Ivan; Durante, Daniele; Cappuccio, Paolo; Racioppa, Paolo - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: AEROSPACE (Basel : MDPI) pp. - - issn: 2226-4310 - wos: WOS:001210292300001 (0) - scopus: (0)

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)

11573/1661627 - 2023 - Design and performance of a Martian autonomous navigation system based on a smallsat constellation
Molli, S.; Durante, D.; Boscagli, G.; Cascioli, G.; Racioppa, P.; Alessi, E. M.; Simonetti, S.; Vigna, L.; Iess, L. - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: ACTA ASTRONAUTICA (Elmsford N.Y.: Pergamon Press) pp. 112-124 - issn: 0094-5765 - wos: WOS:000975643600001 (8) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85145609109 (10)

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 - ()

11573/1685144 - 2022 - Design and validation of an autonomous orbit determination system for a smallsat constellation
Vigna, Luca; Lintya, Nicola; Lepore, Fabio; Tricarico, Pasquale; Reverberi, Gianmarco; Luigi Manfrini, Pier; Riccobono, Dario; Cavallo, Francesco; Durante, Daniele; Molli, Serena; Iess, Luciano; Racioppa, Paolo - 04b Atto di convegno in volume
conference: 73rd International Astronautical Congress, IAC 2022 (Paris, France)
book: Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC - ()

11573/1622431 - 2021 - Inflight performance of the state-of-the-art BepiColombo MORE radio-tracking system 
Cappuccio, Paolo; Iess, Luciano; Durante, Daniele; Di Stefano, Ivan; Racioppa, Paolo; Asmar, Sami - 04d Abstract in atti di convegno
conference: EGU General Assembly 2021 (online)
book: EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts - ()

11573/1582969 - 2021 - The determination of the rotational state and interior structure of Venus with VERITAS
Cascioli, G.; Hensley, S.; De Marchi, F.; Breuer, D.; Durante, D.; Racioppa, P.; Iess, L.; Mazarico, E.; Smrekar, S. E. - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: THE PLANETARY SCIENCE JOURNAL (Bristol: IOP Publishing, 2020-) pp. 1-12 - issn: 2632-3338 - wos: WOS:000912768800001 (19) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85119701942 (22)

11573/1649693 - 2021 - System design of a deep space microsatellite platform for Mars communication and navigation constellation
Marchese, V.; Vigna, L.; Simonetti, S.; Novero, A.; Ingiosi, F.; Miglioretti, F.; Cornara, S.; Hermosin, P.; Tonetti, S.; Iess, L.; Racioppa, P.; Durante, D.; Pandolfi, G.; Melli, D.; Tudor, S.; Lingard, S.; Underwood, J.; Walpot, L. - 04b Atto di convegno in volume
conference: 28th IAA Symposium on small satellite missions 2021 at the 72nd International astronautical congress, IAC 2021 (Dubai, United Arab Emirates)
book: Proceedings of the international astronautical congress, IAC - ()

11573/1626434 - 2021 - Performance analysis of a martian polar navigation system
Molli, S.; Durante, D.; Cascioli, G.; Proietti, S.; Racioppa, P.; Simonetti, S.; Alessi, E. M.; Iess, L. - 04b Atto di convegno in volume
conference: IAF Space communications and navigation symposium 2021 at the 72nd International astronautical congress, IAC 2021 (Dubai; United Arab Emirates)
book: IAF Space Communications and Navigation Symposium 2021 - (9781713843023)

11573/1402747 - 2020 - Jupiter's gravity field halfway through the Juno mission
Durante, D.; Parisi, M.; Serra, D.; Zannoni, M.; Notaro, V.; Racioppa, P.; Buccino, D. R.; Lari, G.; Gomez Casajus, L.; Iess, L.; Folkner, W. M.; Tommei, G.; Tortora, P.; Bolton, S. J. - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS (American Geophysical Union:2000 Florida Avenue Northwest:Washington, DC 20009:(800)966-2481, (202)462-6900, EMAIL: service@agu.org, INTERNET: http://www.agu.org, Fax: (202)328-0566) pp. - - issn: 0094-8276 - wos: WOS:000529120100026 (93) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85081078968 (90)

11573/1672215 - 2020 - Jupiter{\&}{\#}8217$\mathsemicolon$s gravity field updates from Juno
Durante, Daniele; Parisi, Marzia; Serra, Daniele; Zannoni, Marco; Notaro, Virginia; Racioppa, Paolo; Buccino, Dustin R.; Lari, Giacomo; Gomez Casajus, Luis; Iess, Luciano; Folkner, William M.; Tommei, Giacomo; Tortora, Paolo; Bolton, Scott - 04d Abstract in atti di convegno
conference: European Geophysical Union General Assembly 2020 (Virtuale)
book: EGU General Assembly 2020 - ()

11573/1332142 - 2020 - A small spacecraft to probe the interior of the jovian moon europa: europa tomography probe (etp) system design
Notaro, Virginia; Di Benedetto, Mauro; Colasurdo, Guido; Durante, Daniele; Gaudenzi, Paolo; Imperi, Luigi; Mariani, Mirco J.; Marotta, Armando; Palermo, Gianluca; Pollice, Luciano; Racioppa, Paolo; Zavoli, Alessandro; Iess, Luciano - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: ACTA ASTRONAUTICA (Elmsford N.Y.: Pergamon Press) pp. 137-146 - issn: 0094-5765 - wos: WOS:000502885700016 (1) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85073546522 (1)

11573/1321666 - 2019 - Augmenting NASA europa clipper by a small probe: europa tomography probe (ETP) mission concept
Di Benedetto, M.; Imperi, L.; Durante, D.; Dougherty, M.; Iess, L.; Notaro, V.; Racioppa, P. - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: ACTA ASTRONAUTICA (Elmsford N.Y.: Pergamon Press) pp. 211-218 - issn: 0094-5765 - wos: WOS:000501416500020 (9) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85072552003 (11)

11573/1281269 - 2019 - Titan's gravity field and interior structure after Cassini
Durante, Daniele; Hemingway, D. J.; Racioppa, P.; Iess, L.; Stevenson, D. J. - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: ICARUS (NY: Elsevier Orlando, FL: Academic Press Incorporated) pp. 123-132 - issn: 0019-1035 - wos: WOS:000465191900010 (61) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85062820839 (70)

11573/1421130 - 2019 - Saturn's deep atmospheric flows revealed by the Cassini grand finale gravity measurements
Galanti, E.; Kaspi, Y.; Miguel, Y.; Guillot, T.; Durante, D.; Racioppa, P.; Iess, L. - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS (American Geophysical Union:2000 Florida Avenue Northwest:Washington, DC 20009:(800)966-2481, (202)462-6900, EMAIL: service@agu.org, INTERNET: http://www.agu.org, Fax: (202)328-0566) pp. 616-624 - issn: 0094-8276 - wos: WOS:000458607400011 (67) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85061038273 (66)

11573/1402780 - 2019 - Measurement and implications of Saturn’s gravity field and ring mass
Iess, L.; Militzer, B.; Kaspi, Y.; Nicholson, P.; Durante, D.; Racioppa, P.; Anabtawi, A.; Galanti, E.; Hubbard, W.; Mariani, M. J.; Tortora, P.; Wahl, S.; Zannoni, M. - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: SCIENCE (American Association for the Advancement of Science:1200 New York Avenue Northwest:Washington, DC 20005:(202)326-6417, (202)326-6400, EMAIL: membership@aaas.org, INTERNET: http://www.aaas.org, Fax: (202)842-1065, (202)842-1065) pp. - - issn: 0036-8075 - wos: WOS:000471306700034 (152) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85067621146 (155)

11573/1285149 - 2018 - Cassini’s observation of Titan’s gravity field and interior structure
Durante, Daniele; Hemingway, Douglas James; Racioppa, Paolo; Iess, Luciano; Stevenson, David J. - 04d Abstract in atti di convegno
conference: AGU Fall Meeting 2018 (Washington, D.C.)
book: AGU Fall Meeting 2018 - ()

11573/1091956 - 2018 - Measurement of Jupiter's asymmetric gravity field
Iess, L.; Folkner, W. M.; Durante, D.; Parisi, M.; Kaspi, Y.; Galanti, E.; Guillot, T.; Hubbard, W. B.; Stevenson, D. J.; Anderson, J. D.; Buccino, D. R.; Casajus, L. Gomez; Milani, A.; Park, R.; Racioppa, P.; Serra, D.; Tortora, P.; Zannoni, M.; Cao, H.; Helled, R.; Lunine, J. I.; Miguel, Y.; Militzer, B.; Wahl, S.; Connerney, J. E. P.; Levin, S. M.; Bolton, S. J. - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: NATURE (London: Nature Pubihing. Group-Springer Nature Limited -London : Macmillan, 1869- -New York, NY; Nature America Incorporated) pp. 220-231 - issn: 0028-0836 - wos: WOS:000426763400045 (140) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85043344400 (161)

11573/1428050 - 2016 - Augmenting NASA Europa clipper by a small probe: Europa tomography probe (ETP) mission concept
Di Benedetto, M.; Imperi, L.; Durante, D.; Dougherty, M.; Iess, L.; Notaro, V.; Racioppa, P. - 04b Atto di convegno in volume
conference: 67th International Astronautical Congress, IAC 2016 (Mexico)
book: Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC - ()

11573/939876 - 2016 - Titan’s Gravity: An Update
Durante, Daniele; Iess, Luciano; Racioppa, Paolo; Stevenson, David J.; Lunine, Jonathan I.; Tortora, Paolo; Armstrong, John W.; Asmar, Sami - 04f Poster
conference: AGU 2016 Fall Meeting (San Francisco, CA)
book: AGU fall meeting 2016 - ()

11573/934688 - 2016 - A 1nrad Delta-DOR system
Mercolino, M.; Ardito, A.; Barbaglio, F.; Iess, Luciano; James, N.; Mariani, Mirco Junior; Racioppa, Paolo; Simone, L. - 04b Atto di convegno in volume
conference: 7th ESA International Workshop on Tracking, Telemetry and Command Systems for Space Applications, TTC 2016 (Noordwijk; Netherlands)
book: TTC 2016 - 7th ESA International Workshop on Tracking, Telemetry and Command Systems for Space Applications - (978-90-815839-8-5)

11573/968976 - 2016 - Europa tomography probe (ETP) mission feasibility – spacecraft design
Notaro, Virginia; Di Benedetto, Mauro; Colasurdo, Guido; Durante, Daniele; Gaudenzi, Paolo; Imperi, Luigi; Mariani, Mirco Junior; Marotta, Armando; Palermo, Gianluca; Pollice, Luciano; Racioppa, Paolo; Zavoli, Alessandro; Iess, Luciano - 04b Atto di convegno in volume
conference: 67th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) (Guadalajara; Mexico)
book: Proceedings of 67th International Astronautical Congress, IAC - (9781510835825)

11573/504007 - 2012 - The geodesy of the main Saturnian satellites from range rate measurements of the Cassini spacecraft
Ducci, Marco; Iess, Luciano; J. W., Armstrong; S. W., Asmar; R. A., Jacobson; J. I., Lunine; Racioppa, Paolo; N. J., Rappaport; D. J., Stevenson; P., Tortora - 04a Atto di comunicazione a congresso
conference: 43th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (The Woodlands, TX, USA)

11573/504030 - 2012 - Improved Doppler tracking systems for deep space navigation
Iess, Luciano; Di Benedetto, Mauro; Marabucci, Manuela; Racioppa, Paolo - 04a Atto di comunicazione a congresso
conference: 23rd International Symposium on Space Flight Dynamics (Pasadena, CA, USA)

11573/649659 - 2012 - ASTRA: Interdisciplinary study on enhancement of the end-to-end accuracy for spacecraft tracking techniques
Iess, Luciano; F., Budnik; C., Colamarino; A., Corbelli; Di Benedetto, Mauro; V., Fabbri; A., Graziani; R., Hunt; N., James; M., Lanucara; R., Madde; Marabucci, Manuela; G., Mariotti; M., Mercolino; Racioppa, Paolo; L., Simone; P., Tortora; M., Westcott; M., Zannoni - 04b Atto di convegno in volume
conference: 63rd International Astronautical Congress 2012, IAC 2012 (Naples)

11573/477190 - 2012 - The Tides of Titan
Iess, Luciano; R. A., Jacobson; M., Ducci; D. J., Stevenson; J. I., Lunine; J. W., Armstrong; S. W., Asmar; P., Racioppa; N. J., Rappaport; P., Tortora - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: SCIENCE (American Association for the Advancement of Science:1200 New York Avenue Northwest:Washington, DC 20005:(202)326-6417, (202)326-6400, EMAIL: membership@aaas.org, INTERNET: http://www.aaas.org, Fax: (202)842-1065, (202)842-1065) pp. 457-459 - issn: 0036-8075 - wos: WOS:000306802300040 (204) - scopus: 2-s2.0-84864348029 (224)

11573/504002 - 2011 - RC-SIM: Radiocomm signals for retrieval of planetary geophysical parameters
S. E., Centuori; F. E., Aleman; Di Benedetto, Mauro; Iess, Luciano; A., Graziani; A., Palli; Pierdicca, Nazzareno; R., Prieto Cerdeira; Racioppa, Paolo; D. T., Sanchez; P., Tortora - 04b Atto di convegno in volume
conference: 62nd International Astronautical Congress 2011, IAC 2011 (Cape Town; South Africa)
book: Proc. 62nd International Astronautical Congress 2011, IAC 2011 - (9781618398055)

11573/16646 - 2010 - Gravity Field, Shape, and Moment of Inertia of Titan
Iess, Luciano; N. J., Rappaport; R. A., Jacobson; P., Racioppa; D. J., Stevenson; P., Tortora; J. W., Armstrong; S. W., Asmar - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: SCIENCE (American Association for the Advancement of Science:1200 New York Avenue Northwest:Washington, DC 20005:(202)326-6417, (202)326-6400, EMAIL: membership@aaas.org, INTERNET: http://www.aaas.org, Fax: (202)842-1065, (202)842-1065) pp. 1367-1369 - issn: 0036-8075 - wos: WOS:000275418700038 (159) - scopus: 2-s2.0-77949416423 (170)

11573/17924 - 2008 - The gravity field of Titan from the first three Cassini flybys
Iess, Luciano; J. W., Armstrong; S. W., Asmar; A., Graziani; R., Mackenzie; P., Racioppa; N., Rappaport; P., Tortora - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH ABSTRACTS (European Geophysical Society, Katlenburg-Lindau) pp. 10849-10849 - issn: 1029-7006 - wos: (0) - scopus: (0)

11573/17109 - 2008 - Can Cassini detect a subsurface ocean on Titan from gravity measurements?
N. J., Rappaport; Iess, Luciano; J., Wahr; J. I., Lunine; J. W., Armstrong; S. W., Asmar; P., Tortora; M., Di Benedetto; P., Racioppa - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: ICARUS (NY: Elsevier Orlando, FL: Academic Press Incorporated) pp. 711-720 - issn: 0019-1035 - wos: WOS:000254685900024 (28) - scopus: 2-s2.0-40849111352 (31)

11573/189513 - 2008 - The gravity field of Titan from Four Cassini Flybys
N., Rappaport; R., Jacobson; Iess, Luciano; P., Racioppa; J. W., Armstrong; S. W., Asmar; D. J., Stevenson; P., Tortora; M., Di Benedetto; A., Graziani; R., Meriggiola - 04a Atto di comunicazione a congresso
conference: AAGU Fall Meeting 2008 (San Francisco)
book: EOS Transactions AGU 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl., - ()

11573/187773 - 2007 - The determination of titan gravity field from Doppler tracking of the cassini spacecraft
Iess, Luciano; J. W., Armstrong; S. W., Asmar; M., Di Benedetto; A., Graziani; R., Mackenzie; P., Racioppa; N., Rappaport; P., Tortora - 04a Atto di comunicazione a congresso
conference: XX International Symposium on Space Flight Dynamics (ISSFD) (ANNAPOLIS -MD-USA)
book: Proceedings of the XX International Symposium on Space Flight Dynamics (ISSFD) - ()

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