Academic PoCs

They are ~1 million in LEO orbit and can collide with orbiting satellites, damaging them and producing new debris. As most of these are uncatalogued, the main purpose of the system is to pursue space safety, acting as a technological and scientific demonstrator with future commercial applications.   Contacts: Contact person Prof. Mario Edoardo BERTAINA   Email marioedoardo.bertaina@unito.it  

The main goal of the project is to test patented stabilisation techniques for tethered space systems in a simulated environment. The Proof of Concept consists of an experimental test bench to simulate the in-orbit behaviour of these systems (over three degrees of freedom), so that control algorithms based on aerodynamic and gyroscopic stabilisation can be tested.    Contacts: Contact person Prof. Marcello Romano   Email marcello.romano@polito.it    

The project aims to create an innovative technology to recreate reduced gravity conditions for the simulated orbital flight of an autonomous artificial satellite simulator in three degrees of freedom, two translational and one rotational, through the use of a pressurised system and appropriate bearings that allow the simulator to float on a flat surface. This surface, formed by a monolithic block of granite, will also be able to tilt through a control algorithm and, consequently, control the gravitational gradient to which the simulator is subjected, allowing tests to be carried out in variable reduced gravity.    Contacts: Contact person Prof. Marcello Romano Email marcello.romano@polito.it

The PoC plans to validate the system in a relevant environment, especially in microgravity and extreme conditions such as vacuum and high/low temperatures. The technology expected at the end of the PoC therefore includes the realisation of a prototype with materials suitable for space applications, such as the use of aramid fibres for the structural layer of the inflatable links. Contacts: Contact person Prof. Stefano Mauro Email stefano.mauro@polito.it