Watch the Sky

tw · 12-14-2012, 06:49 PM

FITSAT-1 (from Fukuoka Institute of Technology called Niwaka) is a small Japanese satellite equipped with powerful green and red LEDs. To flash Morse code messages, starting 12 Dec 2012, visible from the ground on an orbit near the ISS. But flashing is only on specific schedules:
http://www.satflare.com/track.php?q=fitsat#MAP

Lamplighter · 12-14-2012, 07:28 PM

It's raining in PDX, so I'm eating my soup as fast as I can.

12-14-2012, 06:49 PM	#1
tw Read? I only know how to write. Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 11,933	Watch the Sky FITSAT-1 (from Fukuoka Institute of Technology called Niwaka) is a small Japanese satellite equipped with powerful green and red LEDs. To flash Morse code messages, starting 12 Dec 2012, visible from the ground on an orbit near the ISS. But flashing is only on specific schedules: http://www.satflare.com/track.php?q=fitsat#MAP

12-14-2012, 07:28 PM	#2
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	It's raining in PDX, so I'm eating my soup as fast as I can.

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