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IMPORTANT NOTICE: Due to the large number of students (31) who signed up for examination on June 19, some exams will take place on June 22.

Click here to view the sequence of exams (times are approximate).

IMPORTANT: On Monday 7 students did not show up for the exam without notifying me in advance. No shows are very unpolite to your classmates (and to me as well). Should you decide not to take the exam, notify me by email. 

Space Missions and Systems: Students admitted to the exam in "Easy Mode"

  

Correction to Homework#2:

In the first part of the test, the angular momentum storage capacity is ± 523.6 N-m-s, NOT ± 5236 N-m-s.

Answers to emails received

There is no preferred method to solve the problems. You are completely free to use the tools you master better.

We cannot give any indication on how to solve the problems, or to let you know if you are doing things right. 

The initial conditions in the second part of the test are the same as in part 1. 

 

Second homework: Download the text (pdf) here.  

Email a working computer code (Matlab, Python, Fortran 77 or 90 or 96, C or C++) and a short note (in pdf!) with the mathematical procedure, results, comments and figures by Tuesday May 30 23:59:59 UTC to luciano.iess@uniroma1.it AND mircojunior.mariani@uniroma1.it . In the note indicate your FIRST NAME, LAST NAME, AND STUDENT ID (aka “numero di matricola”). Be concise and go straight to the point.

 

Challenge 2016-2017: Results

Benedicter 3 pt

Di Stefano 2 pt

Moscianese 2 pt

Cascioli 1 pt

De Grossi 1 pt

Frezza 1 pt

The challenge is considered as a valid replacement for HW#1 for Capozzi, Foschi, Kappers, and Trinca.

Congratulations to all participants!

 

Download the zip file here. 

 

*** Short course on Matlab:  Download the full zip file here 

(This is all the material shown in both days).

  

*** Guest Lectures (Space Environment / Space Missions and Systems):

        "The Science and Engineering of the Juno Mission to Jupiter"

May 2 10:15-11:45 J. Connerney (Juno Deputy Principal Investigator, NASA-GSFC)  Lecture hall 41

May 3  8:30-10:00 S. Bolton (Juno Principal Investigator, SWRI) Lecture hall 41

May 3 10:15-11:45 S. Bolton (Juno Principal Investigator, SWRI) Lecture hall 41

May 4 12:00-13:00 J. Connerney (Juno Deputy Principal Investigator, NASA-GSFC) Lecture hall 38 (TBC)

Attendence is open to everyone. Please tell your friends and colleagues.

 

Seminar: "Early Results from the Juno Mission" - S. Bolton (SWRI) and J. Connerney (NASA GSFC) - May 3, 3:30 pm.

 

Luciano Iess: "The Attraction of Gravity" - Jean Dominique Cassini Medal Lecture at the European Geosciences Union - Vienna, April 25, 2017. Video recording

  

*** See the updated exam dates on Infostud or in the Exams section.

  

*** Space Missions and Systems 2016/2017 - Homework #1:

NEW: Evaluation (Pass/Fail)

Click here to download the test.

The solution (a pdf file) and the source code must be emailed by Sunday April 9 23:59:59 CEST to luciano.iess@uniroma1.it AND mircojunior.mariani@uniroma1.it. NO EXCEPTIONS!

Suggestions and remarks: Be concise and go right to the point. Plots convey information very effectively. Including a working source code is mandatory.

 

 

*** New supporting material:

Matlab codes for batch and sequential estimation (spring-mass system) in Class Notes - Supporting Material

 

*** Second home test 2016 (updated lists!!):

Results

Students admitted to the exam in fast mode

  

*** Challenge 2016 - Winners 

- Martini: 2 pt

- Cappuccio: 1 pt

Congratulations to all participants! 

 

*** An interesting link: Cassini behind the scenes

  

**** Space Missions and Systems

Matlab code for the coherent demodulator

  

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For updated information you may follow me on Twitter (luciano_iess)

 

*** Seminars at Beijing Institute of Tracking and Telecommunications Technology (BITTT):

Seminar 1: Deep Space Navigation Systems: Where Do We Stand?

Seminar 2: The European Delta-DOR Correlator

Seminar 3: BepiColombo, the ESA Mission To Mercury; MORE: Geodesy, Geophysics, Navigation

Seminar 4 and 5: The Scientific Use of Deep Space Tracking Systems; Radio Science in Deep Space Missions

***Tour of Robledo's DNS facilities. The visit to the Robledo and Cebreros tracking complexes was an interesting and profitable experience for all of us. Follow the link to see some photos. 

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