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Future Trends in Navigation - 1

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Plenary Room
Thursday, May 22, 2025
11:40 AM - 1:00 PM
Plenary Room

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Chairs: Daniel Borio and Cosimo Stallo


Speaker

Dr. Pierre Waller
Genesis Payload Manager
Esa/estec

Genesis Mission: co-locating geodetic instruments in space for the benefit of navigation and science

11:40 AM - 12:00 PM

Biography

Pierre Waller is responsible for payload and instruments of the Genesis Project in the Navigation Directorate of the European Space Agency in Noordwijk, The Netherlands. Prior to that, he was RF and timing expert in the ESA Directorate of Technical and Quality Management. He received the M.Sc. and the Ph.D. degrees in Physics from the University of Paris, France.
Mr. Ricardo Verdeguer Moreno
Lead Product Manager
Spirent Communications PLC

Navigating the Moon: Advances in Lunar PNT Simulation

12:00 PM - 12:20 PM

Biography

Ricardo Verdeguer Moreno works as Product Line Manager at Spirent Communications providing Positioning, Navigation and Timing solutions for defence and space applications. He is an aerospace engineer, who graduated with honours from Cranfield University with an MSc in Autonomous Vehicle Dynamics and Control. His expertise encompasses market insights and technical proficiency in GNSS-based autonomous systems.

Ivan Acosta Bayona is a Product Line Manager at Spirent Communications, specializing in GNSS and PNT testing. His work focuses on developing advanced 3D and enhanced-realism testing environments, as well as automating GNSS and PNT testing processes to improve efficiency and accuracy. Ivan holds a Bachelor’s in Aerospace Engineering from Universidad de León and is completing his Master’s in Aeronautical Engineering at Universidad Politécnica de Valencia. Ivan is based in Valencia, Spain.
Mr. Yoann Audet
Radio Navigation System Engineer
Esa

Assessment of lunar users’ PVT performances tightly coupling Moonlight signal with IMU

12:20 PM - 12:40 PM

Biography

Yoann Audet joined ESA in 2022 to support interplanetary pnt projects such as Moonlight and MARCONI focusing on system engineering and assessing user performances and ODTS of the systems
Mr. Yoann Audet
Radio Navigation System Engineer
Esa

Introducing Two-Way Measurements for Lunar Navigation with Moonlight Initial Operational Capability

12:40 PM - 1:00 PM

Biography

Yoann Audet is a Radio navigation system engineer who joined esa in 2022, first a young graduate trainee. He is supporting the interplanetary pnt initiative of the agency such as the Moonlight programme and MARCONI where is he focusing on the ODTS and user performance assessment
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