Name | LEDSAT (LED-based Satellite) |
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Type | CubeSat |
Units or mass | 1U |
Status | Operational (IAC 2022 paper last checked on 2022-12-26) |
Launched | 2021-08-17 |
NORAD ID | 49069 |
Deployer | PSL / PSL-P (Picosatellite Launcher) [Astrofein] |
Launcher | Vega (VV19) |
Organisation | Sapienza University of Rome |
Institution | University |
Entity | Academic / Education |
Nation | Italy |
Oneliner |
Equipped with LEDs and retroreflectors for optical tracking from ground. |
Description |
Equipped with LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) and retroreflectors for optical tracking with ground-based telescopes and laser ranging observatories. Testing orbit and attitude determination by means of ground based optical observation and testing LED based optical communication. |
Results | |
Sources | [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] |
Photo Sources | [1] [2] [3] [4] |
Last modified: 2023-01-06
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