01 / ResearchOctober 2025 – present
BIRALES TOP 5
Modules for sensor assessment, tasking, and analysis of orbital fragmentation observations.
- Contribution
- Implementation and integration of modules for fragmentation correlation, reconstruction, and characterization.
- Context
- Research project
- Organizations
- Politecnico di Milano · INAF · EU SST
02 / ResearchJanuary 2024 – present
SΞNSIT · sensor-network simulation
Simulation of optical and radar sensor networks for catalog build-up and maintenance.
- Contribution
- Work on realistic sensor modelling and observation strategies for the simulation environment.
- Context
- Research project
- Organizations
- Politecnico di Milano
03 / ResearchFebruary 2024 – December 2025
On-orbit break-up forensics
A collaborative research project on characterizing and reconstructing orbital fragmentation events.
- Contribution
- Software development and programming within the research collaboration.
- Context
- ESA-funded research project
- Organizations
- European Space Agency · Politecnico di Milano · GMV · SpaceDyS
04 / ResearchDecember 2023 – July 2026
ASI–ISTAR
Scientific and technical work spanning space traffic management, fragmentation analysis, and sensor tasking.
- Contribution
- Research and Python development in the documented project areas.
- Context
- Research agreement
- Organizations
- Agenzia Spaziale Italiana · Politecnico di Milano
05 / ResearchPublished research study
Early-stage fragmentation characterization
Methods to associate early observations with an on-orbit break-up and estimate event properties.
- Contribution
- Co-author of the published study; its evaluation uses a simulated scenario.
- Context
- Published research study
- Organizations
- Politecnico di Milano
06 / Course studyAcademic coursework
3U CubeSat attitude dynamics and control
Coursework study of pointing, detumbling, and slew manoeuvres using reaction wheels and a star sensor.
- Contribution
- Model and control analysis for the three studied operating phases.
- Context
- Spacecraft attitude dynamics coursework
- Organizations
- Politecnico di Milano
07 / Course studyAcademic coursework
Liquid propulsion system design
Coursework design study of a storable bipropellant rocket engine, including chamber, nozzle, injector, and thermodynamic sizing.
- Contribution
- Preliminary subsystem characterization and sizing.
- Context
- Space propulsion coursework
- Organizations
- Politecnico di Milano
08 / Course studyAcademic coursework
Mercury–Uranus transfer trajectory
Coursework trajectory study involving a Venus flyby and selected orbital perturbations.
- Contribution
- Preliminary interplanetary transfer analysis.
- Context
- Orbital mechanics coursework
- Organizations
- Politecnico di Milano
09 / Course studyAcademic coursework
Sounding rocket for microgravity experiments
Coursework concept study covering staging, mass and velocity budgets for a microgravity mission.
- Contribution
- Preliminary systems design.
- Context
- Launch systems coursework
- Organizations
- Politecnico di Milano
010 / Course studyAcademic coursework
CryoSat-2 subsystem analysis
Coursework reverse-engineering study of spacecraft subsystems from a systems-engineering perspective.
- Contribution
- Subsystem analysis and preliminary sizing.
- Context
- Space systems engineering coursework
- Organizations
- Politecnico di Milano
