Dr Amato’s research is primarily computational and is within the field of orbit determination. Together with his students and collaborators in the Computational Astrodynamics group (COAST), Dr Amato develops robust orbit and uncertainty propagation methods for orbital regimes spanning from low Earth to cislunar orbits. Current work includes developing system identification approaches to spacecraft characterisation, as well as techniques for realistic orbit uncertainty quantification and mitigation. COAST is developing the Compact Imperial College London OPtical Station (CICLOPS), a small telescope for optical satellite observations to co-design SSA algorithms on real hardware.

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