An overview of the ground segment of space missions from design to utilization.
Mission operations: from lift-off to end-of-life disposal through the LEOP, commissioning and routine phases.
Aula Magna Dini
Scuola di Ingegneria Pisa
Monday, May 13
14:00-14:10 Opening
14:10-14:30 Presentation and SSC Engineering Service overview
14:30-16:15 SPECIAL GUEST: Paolo FERRI, former Head of ESA Mission Operations Dept. Interplanetary Mission Operations
16:30-17:00 Cluster: How to operate a scientific mission without batteries
16:30-17:00 JUICE: the challenges of visiting remote icy worlds 17:45-18:00 Recruitment process from the HR point of view
Tuesday, May 14
09:15-09:30 Opening
09:30-10:00 Sharing the wireless cosmos: an overview of Frequency Spectrum Management
10:15-10:45 AI in space appications: bridging the gap from black holes to large language models
11:00-11:30 Earth Observation data services coordination
11:45-12:15 Ground station and scientific experiments with rockets and balloons
With the contributions of: Davide Starnone (SSC Space Italy), Renè Heller (SSC), Jana Kratzer, Luca Milani, Alessio Coppotelli, Francisco Pimenta, Anna Schiavo, Dario Di Francesco, Luca Paita* (LSE Space), Marcos López-Caniego Alcarría (Aurora) Giulio Pinzan, Pio Losco* (ESA), Paolo Ferri (former ESA) * UniPi Aerospace Engineering Alumni
Local organizers: Salvo Marcuccio, Matteo Gemignani, Irene Marsili @ Space Systems Laboratory, DICI
