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Areas of expertise
- Space Systems
Background
Dr. Leonard Felicetti is a Lecturer in Space Engineering in Cranfield University. His main areas of interest/expertise are: Spacecraft Orbital and Attitude Control Systems (AOCS); Guidance, Navigation and Control (GNC); Spacecraft Systems and Subsystems; Spacecraft Design; Space Robotics; Distributed Space Systems
He received his M.Sc. summa cum laude from Sapienza - University of Rome (Italy) in 2008 with a dissertation on the Attitude Dynamics and Control of a Cubesat implementing a Drag-Balance Instrument for measuring the Atmospheric Drag in Low Earth Orbit. In 2013, he received his Ph.D. on the 'Dynamics, Guidance and Control of Multiple Platform Space Systems' and later, he was awarded a two-years post-doc grant at the Guidance and Navigation Lab of Sapienza - University of Rome (Italy) for a study contract on the Active Debris Removal by using Space Robotic Manipulators.
In 2015, he was an Honorary Research Associate at University of Glasgow (UK) for a research on the Attitude and Orbit Control Strategies for Variable-Geometry Solar Sailing.
Leonard was an Associate Senior Lecturer in On-board Space System in Luleå University of Technology (Sweden) from 2015 to 2018, leading the research activities of the group in 'Mission Design for Space Debris Detection and Surveillance by using Formations of Autonomous Satellites'. He was also the teacher of the courses 'Spacecraft Subsystems', 'Spacecraft Design' and 'Spacecraft Environment Interactions' of the Master Degree programs on Space Science and Technology and Spacecraft Design of Luleå University of Technology.
Leonard joined Cranfield University (UK) in December 2018, leading the teaching and research activities in guidance, navigation and control of space systems, spacecraft orbital and attitude control systems and space robotics. Leonard is also the organizer of the 'Mission Design, Formation Flying and Constellations' session at IEEE Aerospace Conference, reviewer of numerous academic journals and AIAA member.
Current activities
Leonard's main research interests are in spacecraft orbital and attitude control systems, guidance, navigation and control of space system, space robotics and multibody dynamics. He is also active in research topics such as space debris surveillance, space traffic management and active debris removal.
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Bellome A, Sánchez JP, García Mateas JC, Felicetti L & Kemble S. (2024). Modified dynamic programming for asteroids belt exploration. Acta Astronautica, 215
- Jannin L & Felicetti L. (2024). Calibration and testing strategies to correct atmospheric effects on star tracking algorithms. Astronomy and Computing, 46
- Pomares J, Felicetti L, García GJ & Ramón JL. (2024). Spacecraft Formation Keeping and Reconfiguration Using Optimal Visual Servoing. The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences, 71(2)
- Sun X, Chai S, Chai R, Zhang B, Felicetti L, .... (2024). Convex–concave optimization for a launch vehicle ascent trajectory with chance constraints. Journal of the Franklin Institute, 361(8)
- Bellome A, Sánchez J-P, Felicetti L & Kemble S. (2023). Multiobjective Design of Gravity-Assist Trajectories via Graph Transcription and Dynamic Programming. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 60(5)
- Pineau D & Felicetti L. (2023). Design of an optical system for a Multi-CubeSats debris surveillance mission. Acta Astronautica, 210(September)
- Ramírez J, Felicetti L & Varagnolo D. (2023). Collision-Avoiding Model Predictive Rendezvous Strategy to Tumbling Launcher Stages. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 46(8)
- Ramón JL, Pomares J & Felicetti L. (2023). Task space control for on-orbit space robotics using a new ROS-based framework. Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory, 127(September)
- Pomares J, Felicetti L & Varagnolo D. (2023). Editorial: Multi-robot systems for space applications. Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 10
- Ramón JL, Pomares J & Felicetti L. (2022). Direct visual servoing and interaction control for a two-arms on-orbit servicing spacecraft. Acta Astronautica, 192(March)
- L. Ramón J, Calvo R, Trujillo A, Pomares J & Felicetti L. (2022). Trajectory Optimization and Control of a Free-Floating Two-Arm Humanoid Robot. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 45(9)
- Barles A, Bilkhu S, Boulnois A, Arija FJC, Albacete GD, .... (2022). Mission ORCA: Orbit Refinement for Collision Avoidance. Advances in Astronautics Science and Technology, 5(2)
- Machuca P, Ozaki N, Sánchez JP & Felicetti L. (2022). Dust impact and attitude analysis for JAXA’s probe on the Comet Interceptor mission. Advances in Space Research, 70(5)
- Barles A, Ceriotti M, Ciampa F & Felicetti L. (2021). An optimal steering law for sailing with solar and planetary radiation pressure. Aerospace Science and Technology, 118(November)
- Felicetti L & Emami MR. (2018). Image-based attitude maneuvers for space debris tracking. Aerospace Science and Technology, 76
- Pomares J, Felicetti L, Pérez J & Emami MR. (2018). Concurrent image-based visual servoing with adaptive zooming for non-cooperative rendezvous maneuvers. Advances in Space Research, 61(3)
- Felicetti L & Emami MR. (2018). Vision-Aided Attitude Control for Space Debris Detection. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 41(2)
- Felicetti L & Emami MR. (2017). Attitude coordination of multiple spacecraft for space debris surveillance. Advances in Space Research, 59(5)
- Felicetti L & Palmerini GB. (2016). Three spacecraft formation control by means of electrostatic forces. Aerospace Science and Technology, 48
- Felicetti L & Emami MR. (2016). A multi-spacecraft formation approach to space debris surveillance. Acta Astronautica, 127
- Felicetti L, Ceriotti M & Harkness P. (2016). Attitude Stability and Altitude Control of a Variable-Geometry Earth-Orbiting Solar Sail. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 39(9)
- Pisculli A, Felicetti L, Sabatini M, Gasbarri P & Palmerini GB. (2015). A Hybrid Formulation for Modelling Multibody Spacecraft. Aerotecnica Missili & Spazio, 94(2)
- Pisculli A, Felicetti L, Gasbarri P, Palmerini GB & Sabatini M. (2014). A reaction-null/Jacobian transpose control strategy with gravity gradient compensation for on-orbit space manipulators. Aerospace Science and Technology, 38
- Felicetti L, Piergentili F & Santoni F. (2014). Thermosphere density and wind measurements in the equatorial region using a constellation of drag balance nanospacecraft. Advances in Space Research, 54(3)
- Felicetti L & Santoni F. (2014). Drag balance Cubesat attitude motion effects on in-situ thermosphere density measurements. Advances in Space Research, 54(3)
- Felicetti L & Santoni F. (2013). Nanosatellite swarm missions in low Earth orbit using laser propulsion. Aerospace Science and Technology, 27(1)
- Santoni F & Felicetti L. (2013). Attitude Dynamics and Control of Drag-Balance CubeSats. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 36(6)
Conference Papers
- Youhanna V, Felicetti L & Ignatyev D. (2024). Conceptual Design Study Based on Defined Parameters for Next-Generation Martian Rotorcrafts
- Garny H, Bellome A & Felicetti L. (2024). Design of a Pipeline for Satellite-Aided Capture at the Giant Planets of the Solar System
- Grabowski J, Bellome A & Felicetti L. (2024). Diversity-based Heuristic Search for Multiple-asteroid Tours
- Youhanna V, Felicetti L & Ignatyev D. (2024). Preliminary Investigation into Future Martian Multicopter Configurations
- Siddharth S, Shin HS, Tsourdos A & Felicetti L. (2024). A Review of State-of-the-Art 6D Pose Estimation and its applications in Space Operations
- Siddharth S, Shin HS, Tsourdos A & Felicetti L. (2024). A Review of State-of-the-Art 6D Pose Estimation and its applications in Space Operations
- Platanitis K, Felicetti L, Upadhyay S & Capicchiano L. (2024). “Robust sliding mode controller design for orbital payload deploying spacecraft”
- Platanitis K, Felicetti L, Upadhyay S & Capicchiano L. (2024). “Robust sliding mode controller design for orbital payload deploying spacecraft”
- Betti Lhuillier I, Bellome A & Felicetti L. (2024). On-Orbit Servicing Strategies for Large Constellations via Hybrid Dynamic Programming
- Betti Lhuillier I, Bellome A & Felicetti L. (2024). On-Orbit Servicing Strategies for Large Constellations via Hybrid Dynamic Programming
- Felicetti L, Ignatyev D, Grustan E & Tsourdos A. (2024). Return: Group Design Project for Pin-Point Landing Demonstrator using Drone Technologies
- Youhanna V, Felicetti L & Ignatyev D. (2024). Preliminary design exploration of prospective multirotor aerobots
- Hobbs S, Felicetti L, Leslie C, Rowling S, Brydon G, .... (2023). Towards in-orbit hyperspectral imaging of space debris
- Felicetti L, Basuiau M, Belshi E, Diener N, Kutyla O, .... (2023). Design of a Debris Removal & On-Orbit Maintenance Mission for Mega-Constellations
- D'Anniballe A, Felicetti L & Hobbs S. (2023). Collision analysis for multiple satellites released from a common dispenser
- Youhanna V, Felicetti L & Ignatyev D. (2023). Parametric analysis of battery-electric rotorcraft configurations to fly on Mars
- Jannin L & Felicetti L. (2023). Atmospheric effects on testing and calibrating star tracking algorithms
- Felicetti L, Hobbs S, Leslie C, Rowling S, Dhesi M, .... (2023). HySim: A Tool for Space-To-Space Hyperspectral Resolved Imagery
- D'Anniballe A, Felicetti L & Hobbs S. (2023). Optimal Orbital Configurations of Spaceborne Optical Sensors Constellations for Space Surveillance
- D'Anniballe A, Felicetti L & Hobbs S. (2023). Quantifying Improvements in Debris Risk Analysis using a Constellation of Spaceborne Optical Sensors
- Pomares J, Ramon JL, Felicetti L & Olivares-Mendez M. (2023). Trajectory optimization and control of multipod robots in on-orbit servicing operations
- Bhadani S, Dillikar SR, Pradhan ON, Cotrina de los Mozos I, Felicetti L, .... (2023). A ROS-based simulation and control framework for in-orbit multi-arm robot assembly operations
- Zhang YQJ, Wright R, Alao S, Arora TP, Fernandes JN, .... (2023). In-Orbit Assembly: A Baseline for Large Space Structures through Standardised Tiles and Interfaceable Elements
- Ramón JL, Pomares J & Felicetti L. (2022). Visual Guidance of an On-Orbit Free-Floating Manipulator Using a Mobile Camera
- Bellome A, Sanchez J-P, Rico Álvarez JI, Afsa H, Kemble S, .... (2022). An Automatic Process for Sample Return Missions Based on Based on Dynamic Programming Optimization
- Pineau D & Felicetti L. (2022). Optical System Design for a Multi-CubeSats Debris Surveillance Mission
- Ramón JL, Calvo R, Trujillo A, Pomares J & Felicetti L. (2022). Path generation and control of humanoid robots during extravehicular activities
- Prous GZ & Felicetti L. (2022). A Shrinking Horizon Model Predictive Control for Landing of Reusable Launch Vehicles
- Ramón JL, Pomares J & Felicetti L. (2022). A ROS/Gazebo-based framework for simulation and control of on-orbit robotic systems
- Wu CX, Machuca P, Felicetti L & Sanchez JP. (2022). Autonomous Optical Navigation for Small Spacecraft in Cislunar Space
- Youhanna V, Ignatyev D & Felicetti L. (2022). Futuristic Martian Aerobot Design
- Rappasse C, Merlinge N, Agez B & Felicetti L. (2021). Multi-Disciplinary Design Optimization for Relative Navigation in Non-cooperative Rendezvous
- Bellome A, Sanchez J-P, Kemble S & Felicetti L. (2021). A multi-fidelity optimization process for complex multiple gravity assist trajectory design
- Di Fraia MZ, Feetham L, Felicetti L, Sanchez J-P & Chermak L. (2021). Perception fields: analysing distributions of optical features as a proximity navigation tool for autonomous probes around asteroids
- Kingston J, Felicetti L & Hobbs S. (2021). What might sustainability of the GEO region look like?
- Castro M, Felicetti L, Sadeghi S, Satpute S, Barabash V, .... (2021). Multi-CubeSat Mission for Auroral Acceleration Region Studies
- Ramon J, Pomares J & Felicetti L. (2021). On-orbit Free-floating Manipulation using a Two-arm Robotic System
- Bellome A, Carrillo M, Sánchez JP, Ser JD, Kemble S, .... (2021). Efficiency of tree-search like heuristics to solve complex mixed-integer programming problems applied to space trajectory design
- De Iuliis A, Ciampa F, Felicetti L & Ceriotti M. (2021). Sailing with solar and planetary radiation pressure
- Felicetti L & Pomares J. (2020). Image-Based Visual Servoing Control for Spacecraft Formation Flying
- Bellome A, Cuartielles JPS, Felicetti L & Kemble S. (2020). Modified tisserand map exploration for preliminary multiple gravity assist trajectory design
- Di Fraia MZ, Chermak L, Cuartielles J-P, Felicetti L & Scannapieco AF. (2020). NAV-Landmarks: Deployable 3D Infrastructures to Enable CubeSats Navigation Near Asteroids
- Easdown W & Felicetti L. (2020). A mission architecture and systems level design of navigation, robotics and grappling hardware for an on-orbit servicing spacecraft
- Barles A, Bilkhu S, Boulnois A, Arija FJC, Albacete GD, .... (2020). Mission ORCA: Orbit refinement for collision avoidance
- Machuca P, Ozaki N, Sanchez Cuartielles JP, Felicetti L & Funase R. (2020). System requirements analysis for JAXA's contribution to Comet Interceptor mission: autonomous navigation, guidance and attitude control for a hyperbolic comet fly-by
- Machuca P, Ozaki N, Sánchez JP, Felicetti L & Funase R. (2020). System requirements analysis for JAXA's contribution to comet interceptor mission: Attitude control for a hyperbolic comet fly-by
- Larsén AK, Chen Y, Bruschetta M, Carli R, Cenedese A, .... (2019). A computationally efficient model predictive control scheme for space debris rendezvous
- Pomares J, Felicetti L, Perez J & Emami MR. (2018). Spacecraft visual servoing with adaptive zooming for non-cooperative rendezvous
- Felicetti L & Emami MR. (2017). Spacecraft formation for debris surveillance
- Felicetti L & Palmerini GB. (2016). Analytical and numerical investigations on spacecraft formation control by using electrostatic forces
- Felicetti L, Gasbarri P, Pisculli A, Sabatini M & Palmerini GB. (2016). Design of robotic manipulators for orbit removal of spent launchers’ stages
- Felicetti L & Palmerini GB. (2015). Attitude coordination strategies in satellite constellations and formation flying
- Felicetti L & Palmerini GB. (2015). Charging strategies for electrostatic control of spacecraft formations
- Pagnozzi D, Pisculli A, Felicetti L & Sabatini M. (2014). 3D minimum reaction control for space manipulators
- Felicetti L, Sabatini M, Pisculli A, Gasbarri P & Palmerini GB. (2014). Adaptive Thrust Vector Control during On-Orbit Servicing
- Palmerini GB, Sabatini M, Gasbarri P, Monti R & Felicetti L. (2014). Design of debris removal missions performed by robotic graspers
- Felicetti L & Palmerini GB. (2014). Evaluation of control strategies for spacecraft electrostatic formation keeping
- Felicetti L & Palmerini GB. (2013). A comparison among classical and SDRE techniques in formation flying orbital control
- Pisculli A, Felicetti L, Gasbarri P, Palmerini GB & Sabatini M. (2013). Deployment analysis and control strategies of flexible space manipulators
- Santoni F & Felicetti L. (2013). Magnetic attitude control of a two body system in drag balance instrument implementation
- Felicetti L & Palmerini G. (2012). Coordinated Attitude Control for Multiple Heterogeneous Satellites Missions
- Felicetti L & Palmerini GB. (2012). Formation flying dynamics analysis by means of a virtual multibody approach
- Felicetti L & Palmerini GB. (2012). Modeling the formationkeeping control with multibody codes
- Felicetti L & Palmerini G. (2012). Space Webs Dynamics and Configuration Control by means of Reaction Wheels
- Palmerini GB, Sabatini M, Gasbarri P, Monti R & Felicetti L. (2012). Design of debris removal missions performed by robotic graspers
- Felicetti L, Sabatini M & Palmerini GB. (2011). Coordinated attitude control for enhanced shape stability of a space web
- Felicetti L & Santoni F. (2010). Nanosatellite missions for in situ low orbital height atmospheric measurements enabled by laser propulsion re-orbiting
- Bzdyk K, Tuft J, Harkness P, Felicetti L, Hann R, .... Development and Roadmap of the Ouroboros Programme Hybrid Autophage Propulsion System for Rapid Low-Earth Orbit Access
Books
- Ramón JL, Pomares J & Felicetti L. (2023). Simulación y control de robots en aplicaciones de servicio en órbita mediante OnOrbitROS In XLIV Jornadas de Automática: libro de actas: Universidad de Zaragoza, Escuela de Ingeniería y Arquitectura, 6, 7 y 8 de septiembre de 2023, Zaragoza. Servizo de Publicacións. Universidade da Coruña.
- Ramón JL, Pomares J & Felicetti L. (2022). Visual guidance of an on-orbit free-floating manipulator using a mobile camera In Galambos P, Kayacan E & Madani K (eds), Robotics, Computer Vision and Intelligent Systems. ROBOVIS 2020 2021. Springer.