Conference
Prior knowledge-informed centroiding CNN for planetary and small bodies navigation
U. Mondini et al.
SPAICE 2026 — AI in and for Space, ESA–ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, 21–23 October 2026 · Upcoming oral presentation
02 / PUBLICATIONS
Publications
Journal articles, conference contributions, and datasets.
2026
Conference
Autonomous Visual Active SLAM for Close Proximity Operations to Small Bodies Combining Goal-Oriented Guidance and Graph-Based Navigation
P. Califano, A. Beshaj, F. Piccolo, A. Rizza, F. Topputo, P. Panicucci
48th AAS Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference, Breckenridge, CO, USA, pp. 1–21
Conference
Maneuver-Based Scale Estimation in Visual SLAM for Autonomous Asteroid Exploration
C. Matarrese, P. Califano, F. Piccolo, P. Panicucci
48th AAS Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference, Breckenridge, CO, USA, pp. 1–20
Journal
Trajectory Options for RAMSES' Farinella CubeSat around (99942) Apophis
C. Giordano et al.
Advances in Space Research
Journal
The Hera Milani Mission: Use of a Nanosatellite for Planetary Defence Purposes
M. Cardi et al.
Space Science Reviews, 222(4), pp. 1–22
Conference
FUTURE (Fully Autonomous Feature Recognition Planetary Explorer): An Innovative Approach to Nanosatellite Autonomous Navigation through AI-Powered Visual Observation and Ground Feature Recognition Techniques
E. Bassissi et al.
Small Satellites Systems and Services Symposium (4S), Cagliari, Italy, pp. 1–15
Journal
Smoothing and Mapping-Based Navigation System for Autonomous Asteroid Exploration
P. Califano, F. Piccolo, P. Panicucci, F. Topputo
Under review at Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics
Conference
Neural Correction of Center-of-Brightness for Robust Centroid Estimation in RAMSES' Farinella Mission
U. Mondini, P. Califano, P. Panicucci, P. Lunghi, F. Topputo
13th ESA International Conference on Guidance, Navigation & Control Systems (GNC), Sevilla, Spain
2025
Conference
Simultaneous Localization and Mapping at Small Bodies Combining Incremental Optimization and Sequential Estimation
F. Piccolo, P. Califano, P. Panicucci, F. Topputo
18th Symposium on Advanced Space Technologies in Robotics and Automation (ASTRA), Leiden, Netherlands, pp. 1–8
Conference
Enhanced Full Visual SLAM for Close Proximity Exploration of Asteroids Combining Incremental Smoothing with Filtering Techniques
P. Califano, F. Piccolo, P. Panicucci, F. Topputo
35th AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, Kauaʻi, HI, USA, pp. 1–22
Conference
The RAMSES CubeSat-1 Mission to (99942) Apophis
C. Giordano, F. Topputo, F. Ferrari, L. F. Civati, A. Beshaj, C. Buonagura, I. Fodde, P. Panicucci, F. Piccolo, E. Pilo, P. Califano
COSPAR Scientific Symposium, Nicosia, Cyprus
2024
Conference
Scientific and Technological Objectives for the NavCam Payload of Hera’s Milani CubeSat to Binary Asteroid Didymos
I. Fodde, A. Cremasco, F. Piccolo, P. Califano, L. F. Civati, A. Rizza, C. Giordano, P. Panicucci, F. Ferrari, F. Topputo
75th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Milan, Italy, pp. 780–791
Conference
The ALCOR mission FUTURE: an In-Orbit Demonstrator for On-Board Fully Autonomous Vision-Based Navigation
A. Morselli et al.
75th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Milan, Italy, pp. 1683–1695
2023
Conference
Attitude Path Planning to Improve Full-Magnetic Control Performance of 6S CubeSat
D. Perico, P. Califano, M. Bussolino, A. Ottaviani
74th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Baku, Azerbaijan
Conference
6S CubeSat: a Student-made IOD Mission for Characterization of Perovskite Solar Cells and Structural Battery
S. Alkhawashke, J. Bedoya, G. Biagetti, F. Biondi, P. Califano, R. Capasso, A. Crispiels, C. Garcia Jimenez, I. Lujan Fernandez, D. Martire, L. Mazzotti, M. Pepellin, A. Prosperi, D. Scalettari, A. Zanetti, M. Bussolino, D. Perico
74th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Baku, Azerbaijan
Conference
Enceladus Moon in Situ Science: Preliminary Mission Analysis and GNC Design for the EPOPEA Mission
M. Lusvarghi, P. Califano, A. Cremasco, F. Maccari, E. Pilo, M. Lavagna
74th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Baku, Azerbaijan, pp. 1–15