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A Systematic Approach to Robust Controller Design for the Next Generation Gravity Mission.
Rel. Carlo Novara, Vinicius Marchioli, Mattia Boggio, Francesco Basile. Politecnico di Torino, Master of science program in Mechatronic Engineering, 2026
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Abstract
The Next Generation Gravity Mission (NGGM) is an ESA mission concept, designed as a follow-up to GOCE/GRACE, with the goal of observing long-term time variations of Earth’s gravity field with higher accuracy and related mass-redistribution processes. The measurement is based on Low-Low Satellite-to-Satellite Tracking: two satellites fly in a low, near-polar orbit, in an in-line formation with a separation of about 100 km. A laser interferometer measures tiny changes in their inter-satellite distance caused by anomalies in Earth’s gravity field. To correctly recover the gravity signal, it is necessary to estimate and strongly reduce non-gravitational accelerations (atmospheric drag, radiation pressure, etc.).
For this reason, NGGM requires ultra-sensitive accelerometers and a drag-free control system: micro-thrusters compensate these disturbances and keep the noise very low in the Measurement Bandwidth (1-100 mHz)
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