Mod parent up!
So, a 1-5 mm piece of debris caused a hole 40cm, i.e. 400mm wide - probably creating hundreds or thousands of pieces of new debris. Since the satellite is in the crowded low earth orbit (apogee 693km), perhaps the chance of it hitting a piece of its own solar panel in the future is probably now higher than "1:35 and 1:130", though those bits would not be traveling quite as (relatively) fast as the original impact.

Apparently this exponential debris effect is called the Kessler_syndrome

In Belgium, many towns have been doing this once a year since 2008 or earlier: it's called Nacht van de Duisternis / La Nuit de l'Obscurité.

Besides startgazing and awareness, there are many activities including guided walking tours to learn about nocturnal animals (and the effect light has on them).

http://www.bondbeterleefmilieu.be/nacht/index.php
http://www.nuitdelobscurite.be/

How about flashing OpenWrt/dd-wrt on the Fon Fonera (http://www.fon.com)? I have an Asus WL-500G v1 running OpenWrt and an Asus WL-500W still running stock firmware (but purchased with the intent to install OpenWrt, if necessary), but the Fonera seems quite interesting too.