ELROI Extremely Low Resource Optical Identifier. A license plate for your satellite, and more.

Technical Report · Mon Sep 18 00:00:00 EDT 2017

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1392864· OSTI ID:1392864

Palmer, David ^[1]

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1. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

ELROI (Extremely Low Resource Optical Identifier) is a license plate for your satellite; a small tag that flashes an optical identification code that can be read by a small telescope on the ground. The final version of the tag will be the size of a thick postage stamp and fully autonomous: you can attach it to everything that goes into space, including small cubesats and inert debris like rocket stages, and it will keep blinking even after the satellite is shut down, reliably identifying the object from launch until re-entry.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC52-06NA25396
• OSTI ID: 1392864
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-17-28413
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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