LEDSAT: In-orbit demonstration mission for LED-based cluster launch early identification and improved LEO surveillance
The increasing number of small satellite cluster launches leads to a greater risk of confusion and collision soon after their deployment in orbit. In particular, the possibility to identify each CubeSat and to monitor their trajectories with passive optical methods could allow mitigating the possibilities of impacts among them. Thus, several researches in this field are currently on-going to improve the capabilities in space surveillance for satellite early identification.