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About Francesco Gini

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Francesco Gini is a satellite navigation engineer in the Navigation Support Office at ESA/ESOC. He received his Ph.D. in astronautics and space sciences from the Centro di Ateneo di Studi e Attività Spaziali at the University of Padova in 2014.

Posts by Francesco Gini

Innovation: ESA’s multi-modal space mission to improve geodetic applications Posted on 15 Aug 2024 in the From the Magazine & Featured Stories & Innovation & Latest News categories.

To further enhance the benefits of combining space-based geodetic techniques, the European Space Agency (ESA) has established the Genesis mission. Read more»

Research Report: Advancing precision in navigation Posted on 20 May 2024 in the Featured Stories & From the Magazine & GNSS categories.

In early 2015, the Navigation Support Office of the ESA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) began a collaboration. The ESA-JAXA collaboration is designed to cross-validate Japan’s Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS) Precise Orbit Determination (POD) results and share expertise to improve the POD accuracy of QZSS. Read more»

New type on the block: Generating high-precision orbits for GPS III satellites Posted on 15 May 2023 in the From the Magazine & Innovation & Latest News & Online Exclusives categories.

Read Richard Langley’s introduction to this article: Innovation Insights: Antennas and photons and orbits, oh my! To produce GNSS satellite orbit ephemerides and clock data with high precision and for all... Read more»