Improving the Visibility of Satellites using Light Emitting Diodes

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8,593,065
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Device and Method

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.

Keywords: detection, visibility
International Class: H05B37/02, F21V23/00, H04B10/00