B.Sc. in Physics (Universidade Estadual de Campinas - UNICAMP, 1987), Master in Aerospace Engineering (Brazilian National Institute for Space Research - INPE, 1993), Dr. Engineer (Space Engineering and Technology, Brazilian National Institute for Space Research - INPE, 1999). Associate professor and researcher at the Engineering Center of the Federal University of ABC - UFABC. Main activities in the course of Aerospace Engineering. Primary interests (i) navigation, guidance and control of spacecraft; (ii) design and development of instrumentation for space missions. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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One of the most important areas in astrodynamics is the study of asteroids. These celestial bodies are not necessarily spherical and, because of their reduced size, they are not classified as planets. Among the Near Earth Asteroids (NEA), one of which has aroused great interest of the scientific community recently is the "99942 Apophis. Discovered in mid-2004, it has become one of the mos…
The Brazilian deep space mission ASTER plans to send a small spacecraft to investigate the triple asteroid 2001-SN263, with two launch windows in sight: June, 2022 and June, 2026. Besides the technological motivations, the main scientific goal is the characterization of the triple asteroid 2001-SN263. Within this effort, a preliminary design of a laser altimeter to meet the mission needs …
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