According to the current TLEs and data, on the 12th of December at around 21 UTC, the FitSat-1 cube sat will overtake the International Space Station, exposing its LEDs toward the station. Thanks to both the good orientation and the short distance between the two objects, the LEDs should be easily visible from the ISS. However, the first LED activation after this date is scheduled only at 22.10 UTC December 13 when the Station will be already too far. 13/12/2012 22.12.30 UTC - Distance 2330 km - Led Angle 55 deg - LED Magnitude 11 If the activation would be rescheduled for the pass at 23.06 UTC on the 12th of December (one day before) the same regions on the Earth could observe the LEDs (the pass is very similar to the planned one) and the ISS would be in a good position as well, at a distance of 260 km under an angle of 57 deg. The expected magnitude would be of 6. 12/12/2012 23.06.00 UTC - Distance 260 km - Led Angle 57 deg - LED Magnitude 6.3 Best Regards, Simone _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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