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Publications

Journal articles, conference proceedings and book chapters, from 2020.

2026

BOPAS: the Bologna Observatory Pipeline for Astrometry of Satellites

Palmiotto S., Carbognani A., Buzzoni A., Modenini D., Tortora P. · Astronomy and Computing, 55, 101045

Exploring stochastic variational Gaussian processes for trustworthy monocular pose estimation in space

Lotti A., Modenini D., Tortora P. · IEEE 12th International Workshop on Metrology for AeroSpace
Development of a robotic testbed and initial testing for machine learning-based spacecraft pose estimation

Lotti A., Modenini D., Tortora P. · 28th AIDAA Conference, 10th CEAS Aerospace Europe Conference, Torino
Line-of-sight stabilization for VLEO satellites through image-in-the-loop motion estimation

Modenini D., Curatolo A., Lotti A., Gagliardi N. · 28th AIDAA Conference, 10th CEAS Aerospace Europe Conference, Torino
Deep learning-based spacecraft pose estimation with the fail-safe fallback mechanism

Prokazov R., Lotti A., Modenini D., Reyaz Makhdoomi M., Martinez C., Olivares-Mendez M., Mett Kremer G., Tortora P. · International Astronautical Congress, Sydney
A comparison of spacecraft collision detection strategies using a virtual conjunction dataset

Curzi G., Modenini D. · Journal of Space Safety Engineering, 12, 532-541
The Italian microsatellite mission LICIACube as an enabler for innovative strategies in interplanetary exploration and planetary defense

Impresario G., Zinzi A., Amoroso M. et al. · Acta Astronautica, 231, 223-234

The INNOVATOR CubeSat mission and the development of its intersatellite link transceiver

Tortora P., Modenini D., Locarini A., Curatolo A., Paialunga G., Caruso A. et al. · Small Satellites Systems and Services Symposium, 4S 2024
Artificial intelligence-based challenges as an educational tool in aerospace engineering: the u3S laboratory experience

Lotti A., Modenini D. · IFAC-PapersOnLine, 58, 65-70
CubeSat ground test facility as a tool for collaborative hands-on education: the joint experience of the u3S and STAR laboratories

Curatolo A., Modenini D., Stesina F., Campisi A., Grisolia M., Niero L. · IFAC-PapersOnLine, 58, 29-34
Efficient close-range navigation around a known uncooperative resident space object

Prokazov R., Lotti A., Modenini D., Tortora P. · International Astronautical Congress 2024, 1125-1130
Estimating soil parameters from hyperspectral images: a benchmark dataset and the outcome of the HYPERVIEW challenge

Nalepa J., Tulczyjew L., Le Saux B. et al. · IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine, 12, 35-63
The CUbesat Solar Polarimeter (CUSP) mission overview

Fabiani S., Del Monte E., Baffo I. et al. · Proceedings of SPIE, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation
Deep learning-based spacecraft pose estimation for the pre-capture phase scenario

Prokazov R. · Aerospace Science and Engineering, IV Aerospace PhD-Days, 42, 178-182

Deep learning for real-time satellite pose estimation on tensor processing units

Lotti A., Modenini D., Tortora P., Saponara M., Perino M.A. · Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 60, 1034-1038
Investigating vision transformers for bridging domain gap in satellite pose estimation

Lotti A., Modenini D., Tortora P. · Studies in Computational Intelligence, 1088, 299-314
The nanosatellite-class attitude control facility at ESA-ESTEC

Curatolo A., Modenini D., Curzi G., Lotti A., Pecorella D., Strollo E., Locarini A., Hyslop A., Oddenino D. · Aerospace Europe Conference 2023, 10th EUCASS, 9th CEAS
Ground and space hardware for interplanetary communication networks

Tortora P., Modenini D., Zannoni M., Gramigna E., Strollo E., Togni A., Paolini E., Valentini L., Cocciolillo O., Simone L. · Signals and Communication Technology, 107-138
Improving satellite pose estimation across domain gap with generative adversarial networks

Lotti A. · Aerospace Science and Engineering, III Aerospace PhD-Days, 33, 376-381
A distributed nanosatellite attitude testing laboratory for joint research activities

Curatolo A., Lughi C., Manconi F. · Aerospace Science and Engineering, III Aerospace PhD-Days, 33, 205-212

Relations between collision probability, Mahalanobis distance, and confidence intervals for conjunction assessment

Modenini D., Curzi G., Locarini A. · Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 59, 1125-1134
Two-line-element propagation improvement and uncertainty estimation using recurrent neural networks

Curzi G., Modenini D., Tortora P. · CEAS Space Journal, 14, 197-204
Two-leg deep-space relay architectures: performance, challenges, and perspectives

Modenini D., Locarini A., Valentini L., Faedi A., Tortora P., Rovelli D., Mazzali N., Chiani M., Paolini E. · IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, 58, 3840-3858
Automatic balancing for satellite simulators with mixed mechanical and magnetic actuation

Curatolo A., Bahu A., Modenini D. · Aerospace, 9, 223
Analytic solution for perturbed Keplerian motion under small acceleration using averaging theory

Curzi G., Modenini D. · Advances in Space Research, 72, 2445-2459
CUSP: a two CubeSats constellation for space weather and solar flares x-ray polarimetry

Fabiani S., Baffo I., Bonomo S., Contini G., Costa E. et al. · Proceedings of SPIE, 12181, 18-26

A dynamic testbed for nanosatellites attitude verification

Modenini D., Bahu A., Curzi G., Togni A. · Aerospace, 7, 31
Large constellations of small satellites: a survey of near future challenges and missions

Curzi G., Modenini D., Tortora P. · Aerospace, 7, 133
Attitude sensor from ellipsoid observations: a numerical and experimental validation

Modenini D., Locarini A., Zannoni M. · Sensors, 20, 433
Automatic mass balancing system for a dynamic CubeSat attitude simulator: development and experimental validation

Bahu A., Modenini D. · CEAS Space Journal, 12, 597-611
Verification approaches for nano- and micro-satellites

Modenini D., Tortora P. · Aerospace, 7, 40-42