Francesco Topputo

Professor of space systems @polimi

[Francesco Topputo @FrancescoTop]

I am extremely honored to have been awarded an #ERC Consolidator Grant to conduct fundamental research in the field of astrodynamics.

https://t.co/ZoUXsEQMJI

#Thread

[European Research Council (ERC) @ERC_Research]

📢 Consolidator Grant results! 301 excellent researchers received #ERCCoG worth in total €600 million - to address frontier research questions, build up their teams and have far-reaching impact. https://t.co/DHhkHLlggY
🇪🇺#EUfunded
@EUScienceInnov @EU_Commission @GabrielMariya

[Francesco Topputo @FrancescoTop]

10 years ago (Nov 12th, 2014), #Rosetta's #Philae performed the first-ever #soft #landing on Comet 67P. I was lucky to follow the landing #operations from the Lander Control Center. Aa special day that I'll never forget.

[Dept. of Aerospace Science and Technology - Polimi @daer_polimi]

🌓 #DAERSeminar on lunar mission analysis 🌗
🗣️Lorenzo Bucci, Mission Analyst at the @esa, #DAER alumnus
🔎the Argonaut program
📅Thursday, November 7, at 13:15

👉All info at https://t.co/WsRbzrLySR
#PhDAER

[Francesco Topputo @FrancescoTop]

There’s few things better than talking about #space to youngsters. The sector growing strongly, we need young people and gender balance to fuel this growth.

[Politecnico di Milano @polimi]

Hera probe launched at Cape Canaveral 🚀 destination Asteroid Dydimos. The first planetary defense experiment to which @AerospacePoliMI contributed with the Milani CubeSat.

#DAER project leaders @FrancescoTop, @fabiolouf

Link to news: https://t.co/vUKd0QA8ZE

#polimiresearch

[Dept. of Aerospace Science and Technology - Polimi @daer_polimi]

Cape Canaveral, Oct. 7, 2024:
✅launch of Hera with the Milani CubeSat🛰️ on board
✅#polimi team👥 led by Prof. @FrancescoTop and @fabiolouf of #DAER ready to embark on this amazing journey.
📅ETA: December 2026
🚩Destination: Asteroid 65803, Dydimos.
https://t.co/THwDCS0Gvn

[Francesco Topputo @FrancescoTop]

Despite all odds, #Milani has been launched aboard his mothership #Hera on a #Falcon 9 rocket. So happy to have contributed to this mission with a high-qualified team at the @DART_Lab_Polimi.

Let's now wait and see how #Didymos will look like in two years!

[Francesco Topputo @FrancescoTop]

A personal thought before #Hera's #Milani launch 👇
https://t.co/ocTXOARewk

[Francesco Topputo @FrancescoTop]

.@deepbluedot opens #Hera pre-launch briefing. Very emotional feelings in the room.

[Francesco Topputo @FrancescoTop]

@wrgameart @esa @fabiolouf @ESA_Hera This is the first time for all of us! 🤞

[Francesco Topputo @FrancescoTop]

On our way to attend the launch of @esa’s #Hera mission carrying our beloved #Milani #CubeSat

[Francesco Topputo @FrancescoTop]

@DART_Lab_Polimi

[Francesco Topputo @FrancescoTop]

@AlfonsoFuggetta In bocca al lupo per la nuova esperienza.

[Francesco Topputo @FrancescoTop]

It’s T-4 days, and it’s time to repost this 👇

[Francesco Topputo @FrancescoTop]

It’s now official! The research group I lead will take part to @esa’s #Hera mission. At @polimi we will design the guidance, navigation, and control system of the #Milani CubeSat.

We’ll launch in 2024, so ... hammer time!

[Francesco Topputo @FrancescoTop]

Thank you @PaoloFerriSpace for delivering such an inspiring talk to our @polimi students!

After so long (10 years since #comet #landing, 20 since #launch), hearing the story of #Rosetta #mission is always fascinating.

[Francesco Topputo @FrancescoTop]

@pavyg Are you claiming that 1 billionth of gram can make a difference in one athlete’s performance?

[Francesco Topputo @FrancescoTop]

Back in 2013 I published the paper "On optimal two-impulse Earth–Moon transfers in a four-body model" in which over 200k Earth-Moon transfers were created.

The dataset of transfers is now open and fully accessible at https://t.co/U5GuueMqJY

[Ian @deepbluedot]

Qualification Acceptance Review board held yesterday, #HeraMission go to complete last remaining functional tests 🚀 then packing containers for transport to KSC. CONGRATULATIONS to all teams involved, the whole board was impressed by what we achieved in one year of testing 💪🏻

[Francesco Topputo @FrancescoTop]

@deepbluedot This is amazing. Congratulations to the whole team. Let’s go to KSC!

[Politecnico di Milano @polimi]

Four researchers from the Politecnico di Milano have secured an #ERCPoC grant funded by @ERC_Research for outstanding projects in cutting-edge fields: they are Sara Bagherifard, Daniele Ielmini, Francesco Topputo and Gianvito Vilé.

🔗https://t.co/SddxQFuCd4

[Francesco Topputo @FrancescoTop]

@Richard_M_F Thank you Richard. Indeed, our primary goal is to refine the current models. Let’s work together to this aim.