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    • Satellite early identification through LED observations: First in-orbit results from WildTrackCube-SIMBA 

      Piergentili, Fabrizio; Marzioli, Paolo; Frezza, Lorenzo; Curianò, Federico; Zarcone, Gaetano; Mariani, Lorenzo; Amadio, Diego; Gianfermo, Andrea; Picci, Niccolò; Bedetti, Emanuele; Hossein, Shariar Hadji; Kabutha, Daniel Kiarie; Celesti, Paola; Rossetti, Matteo; Cimino, Lorenzo; Bucciarelli, Mascia; Seitzer, Patrick; Cutler, James; Mwaniki, Charles; Toninelli, Murizio; Jahjah, Munzer; Santoni, Fabio (Science Direct, 2022-04)
      Autonomous illumination payloads on-board small satellites, i.e. LED (LightEmitting Diode) boards on CubeSats, can be tracked by ground-based telescopes for optical identification, orbit determination and attitude determination. ...