Satellite writes in the night sky

[whitek2h (Kevin)]

Thought this would be of interest click the link for full story and photos



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If you happen to look into the night sky in the near future and see flashing lights or what appears to be extraterrestrial activity, don’t be alarmed, it’s just a tiny satellite that was launched by Japanese scientists that will be writing Morse code messages in the sky.

Researchers from the Fukuoka Institute of Technology developed the four-inch satellite cube and it was released along with two other cubesats from the International Space Station, 242 miles above earth, on October 5. It will be the first of its kind to transmit an LED message across the sky.

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Cheers Kevin

[MrB (Simon)]

Interesting.
This might make a few astrophotographers actually TRY to get images of trails on the nights that are no good for anything else.
Might have to give it a go myself