| Name | LEDSAT (LED-based Satellite) |
|---|---|
| Type | CubeSat |
| Units or mass | 1U |
| Status | Operational (According to radio amateurs on SatNOGS as of 2021-08-18) |
| 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. |
| Results | The CubeSat switched on successfully after the deployment and all the parameters received through the telemetry were nominal. The LEDs payload was successfully switched on and observed by the S5Lab optical ground station network just 3 days after the deployment, proving the capability to detect the LEDs from ground. |
| Sources | [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] |
Last modified: 2022-01-01
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