Four CubeSats successfully deployed from "Kibo"!

On December 2, 2022, following four CubeSats were successfully deployed from the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) "Kibo":

BIRDS-5
- PearlAfeica1 developed by Uganda Science, Technology, and Innovation Office of the President
- TAKA developed by Kyushu Institute of Technology (Kyutech)
- ZIMSAT-1 developed by Zimbabwe National Geospatial and Space Agency (ZINGSA)
SpaceTuna1 developed by Kindai University

J-SSOD#23 Deployment：PearlAfrica-1, TAKA, ZIMSAT-1, and SpaceTUNA1 ©JAXA/NASA

You can view the deployment of CubeSats from YouTube JAXA Channel.

【Series】	BIRDS-5
【Satellite/ Organizations】	PearlAfricaSat-1 [Size：1U]/ Uganda Science, Technology, and Innovation Office of the President
【Satellite/ Organizations】	TAKA [Size：2U]/ Kyushu Institute of Technology (Kyutech)
【Satellite/ Organizations】	ZIMSAT-1 [Size：1U]/ Zimbabwe National Geospatial and Space Agency (ZINGSA)
【Mission】	Demonstrate APRS digipeater, Store-and Forward (S&F) data/message system, phone application displays data of BIRDS satellites (BIRDS-NEST), a Double Langmuir Probe (DLP), Attitude Visualization, On-board Image Classification, Land Use and Cover, Water Quality Assessment, and Soil Fertility * TAKA adds demonstrate PINO high-energy election detector

【Satellite】	SpaceTuna1 [Size：1U]
【Organizations】	Kindai University
【Service provider】	Mitsui Bussan Aerospace Co., Ltd
【Mission】	Measurement of basic reflective characteristics of retroreflective material sheets mounted on the satellite by irradiating a laser from the ground. Orbit tracking by ground-based telescopes through observation of blue LEDs onboard the satellite.
	© Kindai University