Unusual & interesting: three ~10 cm x 10 cm cubesats were deployed from the ISS on Oct. 4. One of them (FITSAT-1) is fitted with 200W LEDs at either end.
The idea is to flash Morse code from orbit.
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci...008-278dy.html
See also:
http://www.fit.ac.jp/~tanaka/fitsat.shtml
No info posted yet on visibility/ground track etc....
Dean