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Events timelineMay 18, 2023 Buzzoni, A.: "Space Surveillance and Tracking (SST) e protezione planetaria: un aggiornamento delle attivitŕ nazionali" 2023, a review talk at the LXIV National Meeting of the Italian Astronomical Society (SAIt), University of Camerino (MC), Italy, May 15-19. 
Nov 07, 2022 Buzzoni, A.: "Ultra Wide-field Optical Tracking of LEO Objects: the ASTRA Project" 2022, an oral contribution to the II Stardust International Conference, ESA-ESTEC, Noordwijk (NL), Nov 7-11 
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Ongoing ProjectsToward a full Astrodynamical and Physical Characterization of Deep-space Debris in Trans- and Cis-lunar Chaotic Orbit in collaboration with: C. Colombo (Politecnico di Milano, Italy), A. Carbognani (INAF-OAS, Bologna), M. Micheli (ESA-ESRIN, Frascati) This project aims at characterizing from the photometric and astrodynamical point of view, the inherent properties (magnitudes and reflectance, as well as orbital evolution) of a set of (ultra) deep-space debris (mostly spent rocket upper stages) and spacecraft (both dead and active payloads, mostly high-energy space observatories) moving along highly eccentric cis- and trans-lunar HEO orbits, up to distances of 800,000 km from Earth. BVRI photometry and low-res spectroscopy is in progress together with accurate astrometric follow-up, within 0.2 arcsec across, such as to assess in fine detail the current dynamical status of these (mostly uncontrolled) objects and their envisaged orbital evolution, under strong and entangled Luni-Solar perturbation. A spectrophotometric study of the Russian Molniya/Meridian Satellite Constellation in collaboration with: G. Altavilla (INAF - Rome), A. Figer (GEOS - France), J. Guichard (INAOE - Mexico), E.M. Alessi (IFAC-CNR - Firenze), G. Tommei (Uni Pisa - Italy) An observing campaign for spectrophotometric characterization of Russian spacecraft Molniya/Meridian on HEO orbits is in progress. Optical tracking of Molniya class 1, 2, and 3 satellites plus the updated constellation of Meridian spacecraft (some 45 targets in total) is currently in progress from telescope observations in Italy and Mexico. For orbiting end-of-life satellites, we also aim at studying the long-term variation of spinning properties and its possible correlation with terrestrial magnetosphere influence. Spectrophotometric Characterization of the Artificial Satellite Network in Geostationary Orbit in collaboration with: G. Altavilla (INAF - Rome), S. Brambilla (UNIBO - Bologna), S. Camacho-Lara (CRECTEALC - Mexico), S. Galleti (INAF - Bologna), J. Guichard (INAOE/CRECTEALC - Mexico) An observing campaign for spectrophotometric characterization of spinning and spin-stabilized Geostationary Satellite clusters (Telesat/ANIK, EADS/ASTRA, EUTELSAT/HotBird, HISPASAT, Meteosat, Mexsat etc.), undertaken to assess the envisaged astrophysical applications of satellite observations (e.g. to set photometric standards etc.). Ground-tracking data have also proven to be extremely useful for optimized attitude control and positional tuning of satellite clusters at GEO locations. Observations made use of mid-class telescopes (Loiano); a MSc thesis at UniBo has been supervised (Sara Brambilla, A.Y. 2010-11). |
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Aug 01, 2022 Lombini, M. et al. (w/ Buzzoni, A.): "Steps forward to SST applications of slit-less multi-object spectroscopy with the SuperFOSC camera at the Loiano astronomical observatory" 2022, Proc. of the SPIE, Vol. 12188, id. 1218854 
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Apr 06, 2022 Buzzoni, A.: "Advances and Synergies in (Ultra) Wide-field Optical Tracking of LEO Objects" 2022, an oral contribution to the 3rd IAA Conference on Space Situational Awareness, ICSSA 2022, GMV Madrid, Spain, Apr 4-6. 
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May 15, 2021 Daquin, J., Alessi, E. M., O'Leary, J., Lemaitre, A., Buzzoni, A.: "Dynamical properties of the Molniya satellite constellation: long-term evolution of the semi-major axis" 2021, Nonlinear Dynamics, 105, 2081 
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Nov 27, 2020 Alessi, E.M., Buzzoni, A., Daquin, J., Carbognani, A. & Tommei, G.: "Spectrophotometric and dynamical properties of the soviet/russian constellation of Molniya satellites", 2021, Acta Astronautica, 179, 659. 
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Jul 20, 2020 Buzzoni, A., Guichard, J., Alessi, E.M., Altavilla, G., Figer, A., Carbognani, A. & Tommei, G.: "Spectrophotometric and dynamical properties of the soviet/russian constellation of Molniya satellites", 2020, JSSE, 7, 255. 
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May 21, 2020 Vellutini, E., Bianchi, G., Pardini, C., Anselmo, L., Pisanu, T., Di Lizia, P., Piergentili, F., Monaci, F., Reali, M., Villadei, W., Buzzoni, A., D’Amore, G. & Perozzi, E.: "Monitoring the final orbital decay and the re-entry of Tiangong-1 with the Italian SST ground sensor network", 2020, JSSE, 7, 487. 
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Dec 12, 2019 Buzzoni, A. et al.: "Toward a physical characterization of the Soviet/Russian constellation of Molniya satellites", 2019, an oral contribution to the 1st International Orbital Debris Conference (IOC), Sugar Land/Houston, Texas (USA), Dec 9-12. 
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Mar 15, 2019 "Luigi G. Jacchia, un triestino a Bologna: dai cieli di Loiano all'epopea spaziale americana", 2019, Giuseppe Pisana's MSc thesis, Physics & Astronomy Dept., Bologna University. 
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Feb 08, 2019 Buzzoni, A.: "Toward a physical characterization of the Soviet/Russian constellation of Molniya satellites", 2019, an oral contribution to the XV Conference on Planetary Science, Firenze (Italy), Feb 4-8. 
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Dec 04, 2018 Buzzoni, A.: "Verso una nuova Ecologia Spaziale: la sindrome di Kessler e il problema degli Space Debris", 2018, a public lecture for the European Week for Waste Reduction Nov 19, Auditorium Comunale, Pino Torinese (TO), Italy 
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Oct 17, 2018 Buzzoni, A.: "Space Surveillance and Tracking (SST) con camere All-Sky", 2018, a keynote contribution to the "PRISMA Day 2018, the Science of Meteors and Meteorites in Italy" Oct 16, Area di Ricerca del CNR, Bologna, Italy 
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Sep 05, 2018 Buzzoni, A., Altavilla, G., Fan, S., Frueh, C., Foppiani, I., Micheli, M., Nomen, J., Sànchez-Ortiz, N.: "Physical characterization of the deep-space debris WT1190F: a testbed for advanced SSA techniques" 2019, Advances in Space Research, 63, 371  
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Aug 03, 2018 Buzzoni, A.: "La caduta del Palazzo Celeste: Tiangong 1", 2018, an invited lecture to Franco Malerba's 2nd "Busalla Space Festival" Jul 27-29, Villa Borzino, Busalla (GE), Italy 
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Apr 26, 2018 Buzzoni, A., Fan, S., Frueh, C., Altavilla, G., Foppiani, I., Micheli, M., Nomen, J., and Sanchez-Ortiz, N.: "The puzzling case of the deep-space debris WT1190F: a test bed for advanced SSA techniques" 2018, Proc. of the Stardust Final Conference: Advances in Asteroids and Space Debris Engineering and Science. Eds. M. Vasile, E. Minisci, L. Summerer, P. McGinty. ESA Astroph. & Space Sc. Proc., vol. 52 (Springer: Berlin), 181 
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Feb 23, 2018 Buzzoni, A. & Micheli, M.: "A Spectrophotometric Characterization of the OSIRIS-REx Earth Flyby" 2018, an oral contribution to the XIV Conference on Planetary Science, Bormio (Italy), Feb 5-9. 
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Jan 25, 2018 Le Stelle - no. 175 (Feb): an interview by Walter Riva "Tiangong, il Palazzo Celeste andrá in frantumi" 
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Jan 23, 2018 Micheli, M., Buzzoni, A., Koschny, D., Drolshagen, G., Perozzi, E., Hainaut, O., Lemmens, S., Altavilla, G., Foppiani, I., Nomen, J., Sánchez-Ortiz, N., Marinello, W., Pizzetti, G., Soffiantini, A., Fan, S., Frueh, C.: "The observing campaign on the deep-space debris WT1190F as a test case for short-warning NEO impacts" 2018, Icarus, 304, 4 
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Sep 07, 2017 Bologna - Conferenze alla Specola: La Scienza Spaziale prossima ventura: 10 cose che i vostri figli (e anche voi) riuscirete un giorno a vedere 
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Jul 30, 2017 Buzzoni, A. & Riva, W.: "Fuoco dal cielo: la rete PRISMA verso un nuovo approccio alla Sindrome di Kessler e ai problemi dello Space Weather" 2017, an invited lecture to celebrate Paolo Nespoli's new mission on the ISS and Franco Malerba's 25th anniversary as first Italian astronaut onboard the space Shuttle Atlantis. Jul 27-30, Festival dello Spazio, Villa Borzino, Busalla (GE), Italy 
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May 18, 2017 Space Weather as a Global Challenge 2017, Embassy of Italy in Washington (USA) 
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May 16, 2017 1st PRISMA Day: the Science of Meteors and Meteorites in Italy, Firenze, Museum of Natural History 
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Sep 16, 2016 Fan, S., Frueh, C., and Buzzoni, A.: "A Light Curve Simulation of The Apollo Lunar Ascent Module" 2016, AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, AIAA SPACE Forum, (AIAA 2016-5504), Long Beach, California. 
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May 11, 2016 Buzzoni, A.: "Optical tracking of deep-space probes and space debris: small-telescope rebirth in the framework of Space Situational Awareness activities" 2016, an invited talk at the Intl. Conf. on the "Use of Small Telescopes in the Giant Era", May 11-13, Osservatorio Polifunzionale del Chianti, Firenze. 
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Jan 12, 2016 Buzzoni, A., Altavilla, G., Galleti, S.: "Optical tracking of deep-space spacecraft in Halo L2 orbits and beyond: The Gaia mission as a pilot case" 2016, Advaces in Space Research, 57, 1515. 
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Nov 11, 2015 The puzzling deep-space debris WT1190F observed from Loiano! 
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Oct 08, 2015 Bologna - Conferenze alla Specola: La sindrome di Kessler e il problema dei detriti spaziali 
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Nov 06, 2014 Milano - Conferenze al Planetario: L'arte delle orbite: le autostrade spaziali per l'esplorazione del cosmo 
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Oct 27, 2014 GAIA spotted from Loiano! 
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