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robotic Japanese cargo vessel now en route to the International Space Station is loaded with food, clothes, equipment — and a set of tiny amateur radio satellites, including one that will write Morse code messages in the sky
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slated to arrive at the station
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July 27
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ultrasmall satellites it's carrying, which are known as cubesats, will likely remain on the orbiting lab until September
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using the Kibo module's robotic arm.
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One of the cubesats, FITSAT-1, will write messages in the night sky with Morse code, helping researchers test out optical communication techniques for satellites, researchers said.
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One of FITSAT-1's experimental duties is to twinkle as an artificial star
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just under 3 pounds (1.33 kilograms
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high power light-emitting diodes (LEDs) that will produce extremely bright flashes.
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hope, will be observable by the unaided eye or with small binoculars
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the cubesat's high-output LEDs will blink in flash mode, generating a Morse code beacon signal.
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contains a neodymium magnet that forces it to always point to magnetic north, like a compass.
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The shape is a 10cm cube, and the weight is 1.33kg.
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The main mission of this satellite is to demonstrate the high speed transmitter developed. It can send a jpeg VGA-picture(480x640) within 6 seconds
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NIWAKA will write messages in the night sky with Morse code as: (JAXA movie 120MB)
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The beacon signal is a standard Morse code CW signal. The signal starts with "HI" and telemetry data follows.
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