CONFERENCES

  • J. Toledo, A. Post and J. F. Plaza, “Building Photon Enhanced ThermoElectric (PETE) devices using C12A7:e-
    as electron emitter”, 12th EASN International Conference, 18-21 October 2022, Barcelona, Spain.
  • Alice Brunello, Sergio Garcìa Gonzàlez, Andrea Valmorbida, Lorenzo Olivieri, Giulia Sarego, Simone Fortuna, Enrico C. Lorenzini, “Deployment Functional Tests of an Electrodynamic Tape for Space Debris Mitigation”, 73rd International Astronautica Congress, 18-22 September 2022, Paris, France. Finalist for the Luigi G. Napolitano Award
IAC 2022 – Luigi G. Napolitano Award finalist list
  • E. Lorenzini, “Electrodynamic Tethers to help the sustainability of near-Earth space”, 800 Years of Space at the University of Padua, 7-9 September 2022. PDF
  • Sergio Garcia-Gonzalez, Lorenzo Tarabini Castellani, Sofia Orte, Asier Ortega, Gonzalo Sanchez-Arriaga, Enrico C. Lorenzini, Martin Tajmar, and Katia Wätzig, “Avionics System and Attitude Algorithms for a Deorbit Device Based on an Electrodynamic Tether”, 36th Annual Small Satellite Conference, 8th August 2022.
  • L. Chiabò, G. Sánchez-Arriaga, P.A. Resendiz-Lira, G.L. Delzanno, “Impact of trapped particles around infinitely-long electron-emitting objects in Maxwellian plasmas”, 48th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics, (poster session), 27 June-1 July 2022. Poster
  • Florian Prochnow, Christian Drobny and Martin Tajmar, “Development of a low earth orbit plasma simulator”, 37th International Electric Propulsion Conference, 19-23 June 2022, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA.
  • Norman Gondol and Martin Tajmar, “Development and Testing of a Low-Current Applied-Field Magnetoplasmadynamic Thruster with a Rectangular Discharge Channel”, 37th International Electric Propulsion Conference, 19-23 June 2022, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA.
  • C. Drobny, J.-P. Wulfkühler and M. Tajmar, “Characterization of a Low Current Heaterless C12A7 Electride Hollow Cathode for an Electrodynamic Tether Deorbiting Device”, 37th International Electric Propulsion Conference, 19-23 June 2022, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA.
  • Katja Waetzig, Jochen Schilm, Christian Drobny, Martin Tajmar, Mihails Kusnezoff, “Characterization of the thermal and mechanical properties of C12A7-Mo composites as electron-emitting ceramic”, ECerS Conference – Ceramic in Europe, 10-14 July 2022, Krakow, Poland.
  • K. Waetzig, J. Schilm, C. Drobny, M. Tajmar, M. Kusnezoff, “Electron emitting C12A7-Mo composites with improved electronic, thermal and mechanical properties”, 20th Plansee Seminar, 30 May-3 June 2022, Reutte, Austria.
  • Lorenzo Olivieri, Giulia Sarego, Andrea Valmorbida, Enrico C. Lorenzini, Gabriel Borderes-Motta, Gonzalo Sánchez-Arriaga, “Orbital performance of small satellite deorbiting kit based on electrodynamic tape/tethers”, ESA 4S Symposium, European Space Agency, 16-20 May 2022, Villamoura, Portugal.
  • Giulia Sarego, Andrea Valmorbida, Lorenzo Olivieri, Alice Brunello, Giacomo Colombatti, Marco Salmaso, Enrico C. Lorenzini, “Collision Avoidance Maneuvers for Space Tether Systems”, 3rd IAA Conference on Space Situational Awareness (ICSSA), International Academy of Astronautics, 4-6 March 2022, Madrid, Spain.
  • Willy Stark, Jan-Philipp Wulfkühler, Katja Wätzig, Martin Tajmar: “Test Campaign to determine the Properties and Space Durability of an Electrodynamic Low Work Function Tether“, 72nd International Astronautical Congress (IAC), 25-29 October 2021, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
  • Norman Gondol, Martin Tajmar: “Design of a Hollow Cathode Thruster – An Overview of Electric Propulsion Concepts Based on Hollow Cathode Technology”, 72nd International Astronautical Congress (IAC), 25-29 October 2021Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
  • L. Tarabini Castellani, S. Garcia-Gonzalez, A. Ortega, S. Madrid, E. C. Lorenzini, L. Olivieri, G. Sarego, A. Brunello, A. Valmorbida, M. Tajmar, C. Drobny, J-P. Wulfkuehler, R. Nerger, K. Wätzig, S. Shahsavani, G. Sánchez-Arriaga, “Deorbit Kit Demonstration Mission”, 72nd International Astronautical Congress (IAC), 25-29 October 2021, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
  • A. Valmorbida, L. Olivieri, A. Brunello, G. Sarego, G. Sánchez-Arriaga and E. C. Lorenzini, “Enabling technologies validation for deorbiting devices using electrodynamic tethers”. 72nd International Astronautical Congress (IAC), 25-29 October 2021, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
  • Giulia Sarego, Eleonora Bellio, Alex Caon, Andrea Valmorbida, Lorenzo Olivieri, Alice Brunello, Giacomo Colombatti, Enrico C. Lorenzini, “Retrieval Strategies for Tethered Satellites”, 72nd International Astronautical Congress (IAC), 25-29 October 2021, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
  • L. Tarabini-Castellani, S. Orte Arribas, S. Garcia, “Deorbit Kit Design with SysML ESA profile”, MBSE2021, 29-30 September 2021, Virtual Workshop.
  • Brunello A., Olivieri L., Sarego G., Valmorbida A, Lungavia E., Lorenzini E.C., “Space tethers: parameters reconstructions and tests”. IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for Aerospace (MetroAero-2021), 23-25 June 2021, Naples, Italy, doi: 10.1109/MetroAeroSpace51421.2021.9511684.
  • L. CHIABÓ, S. SHAHSAVANI, AND G. SÁNCHEZ-ARRIAGA, “Vlasov-Poisson solvers and database of I-V characteristics for electron-emitting objects of cylindrical and elliptic cross-sections immersed in Maxwellian plasmas”, 28th SPINE workshop, 8-10 June, 2021.
  • G. Sánchez-Arriaga, L. Tarabini Castellani, E. C. Lorenzini, M. Tajmar, K. Wätzig, and A. Post, “STATUS OF DEVELOPMENT OF A DEORBIT DEVICE BASED ON ELECTRODYNAMIC TETHER TECHNOLOGY IN THE E.T.PACK PROJECT”, 8th European Conference on Space Debris, ESA/ESOC | Virtual Conference | 20 – 23 April 2021, Darmstadt, Germany. PDF
  • N. Gondol, M. Tajmar: “Design of a Hollow Cathode Thruster: Concepts, Parameter Study and Initial Test Results”, Space Propulsion 2021 Conference, Digital, 17-19 March 2021, p. #00582.
  • J.-P. Wulfkühler, C. Drobny, M. Tajmar: “Model of the Space Charge Limited Electron Emission from Dispenser Cathodes”, Space Propulsion 2021 Conference, Digital, 17-19 March 2021, p. #00155.
  • J.-P. Wulfkühler, P. Laufer, M. Tajmar: “Emission characteristics and 1250h endurance test of a cold electron field emitter based on CNTs for space applications”, Space Propulsion 2021 Conference, Digital, 17-19 March 2021, p. #00117.
  • G. Borderes-Motta, G. Sánches-Arriaga, E. C. Lorenzini, “Active Debris Multi-Removal Mission Based on Electrodynamic Tethers”, Space Propulsion 2020 Conference, 8-12 February 2021, Estoril, Portugal.
  • Sarego G., L. Olivieri, A. Valmorbida, C. Bettanini, G. Colombatti, M. Pertile and E. C. Lorenzini, “Deorbiting performance of electrodynamic tethers to mitigate space debris”, International Conference on Space Debris, Amsterdam, 8-9 Feb 2021, World Academy of Science & Technology. Best Presentation Award
IRC 2021 – Best Presentation Award Certificate granted to G. Sarego (UniPD)
  • S. Shahsavani, G. Sanchez-Arriaga and X. Chen, “An Efficient Vlasov-Poisson Solver and Deep Parametric Analysis of Cylindrical Emissive Probes”, 62nd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics (DPP), 9-13 November 2020, Virtual. PDF
  • L. Chiabo and G. Sanchez-Arriaga, “Plasma Sheath Around Long Conductors with Elliptic Cross-sections”, 62nd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics (DPP), 9-13 November 2020, Virtual. PDF
  • L. Tarabini Castellani, E. Urgoiti, A. Ortega, S. Garcia, J. Muñoz, A. Gimenez, S. Madrid, G. Sánchez-Arriaga, “E.T.PACK: Developing a deorbit kit based on electrodynamic tether technology”, 2020 III CONGRESO DE INGENIERÍA ESPACIAL, October 2020. PDF
  • L. Tarabini Castellania, A. Ortegaa, S. Garciaa, S. Madrida, G. Sánchez-Arriagab, E. C. Lorenzinic, L. Olivieric, G. Saregoc, A. Valmorbidac, M. Tajmar d, C. Drobnyd, J-P. Wulfkuehlerd, K. Wätzige, “Development Roadmap of a Deorbit Kit Based on Electrodynamic Tether”, 71 st International Astronautical Congress (IAC) – The CyberSpace Edition, October 2020. PDF
  • Olivieri, L., Valmorbida, A., Sarego, G., Lungavia, E., Vertuani, D., Lorenzini, E. C., ”Test of tethered deorbiting of space debris”, IAC 2020, virtual conference, October 2020. PDF
  • G. Borderes-Motta, G. Sánches-Arriaga, “BETsMA v2.0: A friendly software for the analysis of electrodynamic tether missions in Jupiter”, Europlanet Science Congress 2020 (EPSC-2020), 21 September-9 October 2020, Virtual meeting.
  • Andrea Valmorbida, Lorenzo Olivieri, Giulia Sarego and Enrico. C. Lorenzini, ” Experimental Validation of a Deployment Mechanism for Tape_Tethered Satellites”, 2020 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for Aerosapce (MetroAero-2020), 22-24 June, Pisa, Italy.
  • Lorenzo Olivieri, Giulia Sarego, Andrea Valmorbida, Enrico C. Lorenzini, G. Borderes-Motta and G. Sánchez-Arriaga, “Orbital Performance of Small Satellite Deorbiting Kit”, ESA 4S Symposium (Session on New Missions and System Analysis), 25-29 May 2020, Vilamoura, Portugal.
  • G. Sarego, L. Olivieri, A. Valmorbida, A. Brunello, E. C. Lorenzini, L. Tarabini Castellani, E. Urgoiti, A. Ortega, G. Borderes-Motta and G. Sánchez-Arriaga, Deployment requirement for deorbiting electrodynamic tether technology, Aerospace Europe Conference (AEC2020), February 25-28, 2020, Bordeaux, France. Best Paper Award in the Space Session
AEC 2020 – Best Paper Award Certificate granted to A. Valmorbida (UniPD)
  • L. Tarabini Castellani, A. Ortega, A. Gimenez, E. Urgoiti, G. Sánchez-Arriaga, G. Borderes-Motta, E. C. Lorenzini, M. Tajmar, K. Wätzig, A. Post, J.F. Plaza, Low Work-Function Tether Deorbit Kit, IOC congress, 9-12 December, 2019. PDF
  • Drobny, C., Wulfkuehler, J.-P., and Tajmar, M. Development of a C12A7 Electride Hollow Cathode and Joint Operation with a Plasma Thruster, 36th International Electric Propulsion Conference (IEPC), University of Vienna, Austria, 15-20 September, 2019.
  • G. Sanchez-Arriaga, S. Naghdi, K. Wätzig and J. Schilm, E. C. Lorenzini, M. Tajmar, E. Urgoiti, L. Tarabini, J. F. Plaza and A. Post, The E.T.PACK Project: towards a fully passive and consumable-less deorbit kit based on low work-function tether technology, The Sixth International Conference on Tethers in Space, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, 12-14 June, 2019.
  • L. Chiabo, X. Chen and G. Sanchez-Arriaga, Numerical Analysis of Tape Like Low Work Function Tether Interaction With Ionospheric Plasmas, The Sixth International Conference on Tethers in Space, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, 12-14 June, 2019.
  • C. Drobny, P. Laufer, J. P. Wulfkühler, J. Aurich, M. Tajmar, and K. Wätzig, Novel Heaterless Low-Power Electron Emitters for Tether Applications, The Sixth International Conference on Tethers in Space, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, 12-14 June, 2019.
  • G. Sánchez-Arriaga, S. Naghdi, K. Waetzig, J. Schilm, E. C. Lorenzini, M. Tajmar, E. Urgoiti, L. Tarabini, J. F. Plaza and A. Post, Kit de desorbitado pasivo y sin consumibles basado en amarras espaciales, Foro UC3M & Innovación 2019, 24 April, 2019.