I to wonder what the motive is for doing this, it must be some sort of a spy satellite or one that measures the atmosphere. Do you think we will need a special camera to get a good photo of this? I'm going to head over to that link that you left and check it out!

This is when it will pass over me.
The Humanity Star has the highest chance of visibility in in 37 days. It will last about 2 minutes.