Present and Future in the Space Domain: Modeling and Simulation

In May, the chapter hosted a new event titled "Present and Future in the Space Domain: Modeling and Simulation for Space Missions," a significant opportunity to overview innovative technologies in this field. Organized by the chapter in collaboration with GMSPAZIO and Ansys, the event provided an exhaustive overview of the cutting-edge technologies applied to modeling and simulation, both in military and civil space applications, whose utilization has been continuously increasing over the last few years.

Lt. Gen. Antonio Tangorra, ITAF (Ret.), chapter president, introduced the event, underlining the chapter's role in promoting knowledge and experience exchanges between customers and companies to analyze the state-of-the-art and future developments.

Giuseppe Corrao, lead application engineer at Ansys, presented the first speech, "Introducing CODE-the Cislunar Orbit Analysis Made Easy," detailing an innovative approach to cislunar orbital analysis.

Jacopo Diamanti, head of engineering, GMSPAZIO, gave a speech titled "Sailing in the Future: Modeling and Simulation for Civil and Military Security," with a perspective on applications for security, such as space weather, which could damage important space and ground assets.

Giuseppe Tomasicchio, head of system engineering and design authority at Telespazio, illustrated "An Integrated Concurrent, Collaborative Design and Verification Approach for Space Missions Research & Innovation" for the design and validation of space missions.

"Launch Vehicle Antennas Analysis and Design for GNSS-Tracking Dynamic Communication Link Using Ansys HFSS," by Salvatore Sagnelli, head of the avionics system, and Antonio Di Paolo, both from Avio, presented an analysis of the design of antennas for launch vehicles.

Lt. Col. Francesco Marradi, Italian Air Force, discussed "The Role of Modeling and Simulation in Space Warfare," highlighting the use of these tools in defense strategies.

Lorenzo Beretta and Giacomo Uffreduzzi, Avio, presented "Subsonic to High Supersonic: Aerothermodynamics of a Sub-Orbital Flight Demonstrator," analyzing the aerothermodynamics of suborbital flights at high speed.

"Numerical Modeling for Spacecraft Surface Charging Analysis" was given by Anna di Fiore, EMC, and plasma environment analyst, and Emiliano Scione, an expert in electromagnetic compatibility, Thales Alenia Space, which illustrated the numerical modeling for analyzing the spacecraft surface charging.

Luca Anzidei and Valeria Boffula, both liquid propulsion engineers with AVIO, presented the "CFD Applications for Cryogenic Propellant Management," introducing the aspects related to cryogenic propellant.

Alexander Luc, Ansys, gave the last speech, "Enhancing Systems Design Team Collaboration by Means of Real-time SysMLV2 Combined With Engineering Analysis Tools," presenting the optimization of collaborative design teams through real-time engineering analysis tools.

At the end of the event, Chapter President Tangorra expressed his gratitude to all speakers and attendees, confirming the chapter's commitment to the promotion of this kind of activity to sustain the technological development in the military and civilian sectors.

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