Two CubeSats will be deployed from Japanese Experiment Module “Kibo” on Thursday, March 24, 2022.

Experiment at Kibo

On March 24, 2022, the following two CubeSats will be deployed from the Japanese Experiment Module “Kibo”.

IHI-SAT

IHI-SAT is the first CubeSat developed by IHI Corporation. (J-SSOD service provider : Space BD Inc.)

KITSUNE

KITSUNE is the first Wide 6 U (W6U) CubeSat deployment for J-SSOD and it is developed by the first-time collaboration with HAK Consortium（HARADA SEIKI, Co., Ltd., Addnics Co., Kyushu Institute of Technology.）(J-SSOD service provider : Mitsui Bussan Aerospace Co., Ltd.)

KITSUNE launch to ISS (Japanese)

The deployment event for those satellites by J-SSOD#21 will be broadcast via YouTube JAXA Channel.

March 24, 2022 （Thursday）

17:40-18:10 (JST) 1st Deployment (IHI-SAT)YOUTUBE
20:50-21:20 (JST) 2nd Deployment (KITSUNE) YOUTUBE

【Satellite】	IHI-SAT [Size：3U]
【Organizations】	IHI Corporation
【Service provider】	Space BD Inc.
【Mission】	Demonstration of advanced AIS (Automatic Identification System) receiving system
	© IHI Corporation

【Satellite】	KITSUNE [Size：W6U]
【Organization】	HAK Consortium (HARADA SEIKI, Co., Ltd., Addnics Co., Kyushu Institute of Technology)
【Service provider】	Mitsui Bussan Aerospace Co., Ltd.
【Mission】	Earth observation with 5-m class resolution color images by COTS camera Development of 2U size Kyutech standard bus system Space Precision Atomic-clock TIming Utility Mission (SPATIUM)-2 for total electron content measurements in ionosphere Demonstration of LORA module Store and Forward from the sensor terminals of BIRDS countries Demonstrate C-band communication from the main and mobile ground stations Downlink of low-resolution images from a secondary camera by C-band uplink commands
	© HAK Consortium

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Experiment at Kibo

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