TECHNOLOGY LICENSING OPPORTUNITY: Extremely Low Resource Optical Identifier (ELROI)
Special Notice monitored from sam-gov.
- Buyer / agency
- ENERGY, DEPARTMENT OF
- Notice type
- Special Notice
- Solicitation number
- S-133647
- Posted
- May 15, 2026
- Response deadline
- August 22, 2026
- Location
- NM, US
- Estimated value
- Not published by the source
- NAICS
- 334511
- Source
- sam-gov
Summary
Engineers at Los Alamos National Laboratory have developed a �license plate� for satellites to help solve the growing problem of space traffic management. The Extremely Low-Resource Optical Identifier (ELROI) is a simple, easy-to-fly, solar-powered beacon that can be attached to a satellite for tracking. Each ELROI unit transmits a custom identification number that can be read from the ground using signal processing techniques also developed at Los Alamos. The Challenge: Iden…
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