Daniel, you are correct! I dug around and found that FITSAT-1 did it. The best write-up of the results I could find is here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0094576514004019
The wiki page also gives a little info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niwaka
-David, N9KT
On Wed, Feb 26, 2025 at 1:47 PM Daniel Lind via AMSAT-BB [email protected] wrote:
Wasn't that done already?
On Wed, Feb 26, 2025, 10:43 David Spoelstra via AMSAT-BB < [email protected]> wrote:
That's a cool idea. However, I'll bet it would really upset astronomers.
If you used a red LED and flashed out morse code, you could probably read the actual code as streaks in the sky as it passed over!
-David, N9KT
On Wed, Feb 26, 2025 at 1:17 PM Joseph Fitzgerald (KM1P) via AMSAT-BB < [email protected]> wrote:
Here is an interesting idea to help us figure out what cubesat is which
- a light which blinks a unique code to identify a space object.
https://www.lanl.gov/media/news/0220-satellites-avoid-collisions
Maybe it is time for me to dust off the laser receiver stuff I built for AO-40?
*Joe Fitzgerald (KM1P)*
*AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager*
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