1987-1994
Hipparcos Mission
The EICAS team cooperated in the ESA Hipparcos scientific mission for more than 20 years, reconstructing satellite attitude from star measurements.
Heritage
Forty years in autonomous attitude determination
Hipparcos leverages the long heritage of EICAS Automazione in Autonomous Attitude Determination Systems from star measurement. EICAS was set up in 1984 by professors of Politecnico di Torino and industrial researchers, led by Prof. Francesco Donati.
The team developed deep know-how in the AADS sector starting from the HIPPARCOS Mission, then pursuing long cooperations with ESA, ASI and major industry players.
1997-2001
Mono-head Italian Star Tracker
EICAS cooperated with Alenia Spazio and Officine Galileo on autonomous gyroless attitude determination by star measurement, experimented on the SAC-C satellite.
1998-2006
AST & MHS2 ESA Contracts
EICAS designed a new multi-camera system for spacecraft attitude determination within ESA contracts.
2013-2015
The CADET Project
EICAS demonstrated the feasibility of the ARGO solution with a multicamera prototype, auto-calibration and night sky tests.
2016-2020
The ARGO Project and ARGO 1.0 IOD
ARGO was developed up to TRL9 and launched in orbit on 24 January 2021, with a wide demonstration campaign from May 2021 to July 2022.
More detailsIn progress
ARGO 2.0 for Constellations
EICAS is working on a smart redesign of ARGO 1.0 for future large constellations, reducing mass and power consumption while integrating with platform control.
More detailsLegacy products
ARGO 1.0 and ARGO 2.0
These products are now presented as legacy references: ARGO 1.0 for ARGO FA, and ARGO 2.0 for ARGO SA.
