LEDSAT @ Nanosats Database

Name	LEDSAT (LED-based Satellite)
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. LEDSAT will equip a bespoke digipeater system with both real tile and “store & forward” capabilities for radio-amateur use; the radio-amateur user can define the delay in the retransmission of the message in a range of 0sec to 24hours.
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.
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LEDSAT (LED-based Satellite)