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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2010
Christopher George Tarsitano, Huntsville, AL (US);
Renny Arthur Fields, El Segundo, CA (US);
David Arthur Hinkley, El Segundo, CA (US);
Christopher George Tarsitano, Huntsville, AL (US);
Renny Arthur Fields, El Segundo, CA (US);
David Arthur Hinkley, El Segundo, CA (US);
The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA (US);
Abstract
Certain embodiments of the invention may include systems, methods, and apparatus for improving the visibility and identification of satellites using light emitting diodes. According to an example embodiment of the invention, a method is provided for improving the visibility of satellites. The method can include attaching one or more light emitting diodes (LEDs) to a satellite, supplying one or more signals to the one or more LEDs, and producing light emission having a unique identifier from the one or more LEDs based at least in part on the one or more signals.