Contact

• workRoom B112 Coates Building
  University Park
  Nottingham
  NG7 2RD
  UK
• work01157486848
• Chantal.Cappelletti@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

Chantal Cappelletti is currently an Assistant Professor at University of Nottingham (UK), where she is affiliated with the Nottingham Geospatial Institute. She received a BSc (2005) in Aerospace Engineering, a MSc (2008) in Astronautical Engineering and a PhD (2012) in Aerospace Engineering all from Sapienza Università di Roma (Italy). Previously, she was an Assistant Professor at the University of Brasilia (Brazil) and a visiting researcher at Morehead State University (USA). She is the cofounder of the Italian company GAUSS Srl. She has led 6 satellite projects in Italy (UNISAT program and others) and in Brazil (SERPENS, TuPOD). She was PI of 2 missions concerning cancer cells behaviour in space. She was an Italian Space Agency delegate at the Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee. She is member of the International Academy of Astronautics.

Expertise Summary

• Small satellites
• Biomedical research in space
• Space debris
• Astrodynamics
• AODCS

Recent Publications

• QUINTANA-DIAZ, G., NODAR-LOPEZ, D., MUINO, A. G., AGELET, F. A., CAPPELLETTI, C. and EKMAN, T., 2022. Detection of radio interference in the UHF amateur radio band with the Serpens satellite: Advances in Space Research Advances in Space Research. 69(2), 1159-1169
• ROBSON, D. J. and CAPPELLETTI, C., 2022. Biomedical payloads: A maturing application for CubeSats: Acta Astronautica Acta Astronautica. 191, 394-403
• BORGES, R. A., BATTISTINI, S., CAPPELLETTI, C. and HONDA, Y. M., 2021. Altitude control of a remote-sensing balloon platform: Aerospace Science and Technology Aerospace Science and Technology. 110,
• DA SILVA, R. C., BORGES, R. A., BATTISTINI, S. and CAPPELLETTI, C., 2021. A review of balancing methods for satellite simulators: Acta Astronautica Acta Astronautica. 187, 537-545

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• QUINTANA-DIAZ, G., NODAR-LOPEZ, D., MUINO, A. G., AGELET, F. A., CAPPELLETTI, C. and EKMAN, T., 2022. Detection of radio interference in the UHF amateur radio band with the Serpens satellite: Advances in Space Research Advances in Space Research. 69(2), 1159-1169
• ROBSON, D. J. and CAPPELLETTI, C., 2022. Biomedical payloads: A maturing application for CubeSats: Acta Astronautica Acta Astronautica. 191, 394-403
• BORGES, R. A., BATTISTINI, S., CAPPELLETTI, C. and HONDA, Y. M., 2021. Altitude control of a remote-sensing balloon platform: Aerospace Science and Technology Aerospace Science and Technology. 110,
• DA SILVA, R. C., BORGES, R. A., BATTISTINI, S. and CAPPELLETTI, C., 2021. A review of balancing methods for satellite simulators: Acta Astronautica Acta Astronautica. 187, 537-545
• CHANTAL CAPPELLETTI, SIMONE BATTISTINI and FILIPPO GRAZIANI, 2018. Small launch platforms for micro-satellites Advances in Space Research. 62(12), 3298-3304
• BORGES, R.A., DE MOURA CORRÊA, L.T., GUIMARÃES, S.C., CRISTINA DOS SANTOS, A., BATTISTINI, S. and CAPPELLETTI, C., 2018. LAICAnSat-5: A mission for recording the total solar eclipse from the stratosphere In: 2018 IEEE Aerospace Conference, AERO 2018.
• SILVA, R.C.D., GUIMARÃES, F.C., LOIOLA, J.V.L.D., BORGES, R.A., BATTISTINI, S. and CAPPELLETTI, C., Tabletop Testbed for Attitude Determination and Control of Nanosatellites Journal of Aerospace Engineering. 32(1), 04018122
• SANTILLI, G., VENDITTOZZI, C., CAPPELLETTI, C., BATTISTINI, S. and GESSINI, P., CubeSat constellations for disaster management in remote areas Acta Astronautica. 145, 11-17
• CHANTAL CAPPELLETTI, Femto, pico, nano: Overview of new satellite standards and applications Advances in the Astronautical Sciences: 4th IAA Conference on University Satellite Missions and CubeSat Workshop. 163, 503-510