Enrico Vassallo

Enrico Vassallo (Senior Member, IEEE) received the laurea degree in ingegneria elettronica from Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy, in 1984. From 1985 to 1987, he was with FIAR Airborne Radar Division, Milan. His work there included analysis and development of airborne radar systems. Since 1987, he has been with the European Space Agency (ESA), Darmstadt, Germany. As a Telecommunication Engineer, he has been involved with the definition of requirements, analysis, simulation, system design, and testing of the communications equipment of ground stations and spacecraft. As Stations and Communications Manager for the Rosetta and Mars-Express missions, he has devised and specified the ESA deep-space stations as well as the modulation and coding schemes of these interplanetary missions. In 2001, he became Head of the ESOC frequency coordination office, in charge of the frequency licensing of all ESA stations and the coordination and notification of ESA satellites. He participates in the activities of ITU SG7 and corresponding CEPT groups with a view to improving space science frequency allocations. His work also includes advanced studies and international standardization activities in the field of radio frequency and modulation as well as ranging, for which he serves as Chairman of CCSDS and ECSS.