Five CubeSats successfully deployed from "Kibo"!

Experiment at Kibo

On December 9, 2024, following five CubeSats were successfully deployed from the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) "Kibo":

YODAKA^*1
DENDEN-01^*2
LignoSat^*2
YOMOGI^*1
ONGLAISAT^*1

*1 Since May 2018, as a new step to enhance the commercial utilization of Kibo, JAXA selected Space BD Inc. and Mitsui Bussan Aerospace Co., Ltd. as the J-SSOD service provider.
Selection of Service Provider for Small Satellite Deployment from Kibo
*2 These CubeSats were deployed under the framework of the J-CUBE program, a CubeSat deployment opportunity established through an agreement between JAXA and the University Space Engineering Consortium (UNISEC).

J-SSOD#30 Deployment：YODAKA (Image by JAXA/NASA)

J-SSOD#30 Deployment：DENDEN-01, LignoSat, YOMOGI (Image by JAXA/NASA)

J-SSOD#30 Deployment: ONGLAISAT (Image by JAXA/NASA)

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

【Satellite】	YODAKA [Size：W6U]
【Organizations】	ArkEdge Space Inc. SPACE VALUE Iwate Prefectural Hanamaki Kita High School
【Service Provider】	Space BD Inc.
【Mission】	Store-and-forward mission: YODAKA collects text messages from users on Earth and downlinks them back to a ground station for “store-and-forward” purposes. The data and the related satellite operations are used for educational purposes for high school students at Hanamaki Kita High School. Camera mission: YODAKA takes Earth images using an optical camera. The image data and the related satellite operation are used for rural revitalization in the Hanamaki City Iwate prefecture.
	Image by ArkEdge Space Inc.

【Satellite】	DENDEN-01 [Size：1U]
【Organizations】	Kansai University University of Fukui Meijo University ArkEdge Space
【Mission】	On-orbit Demonstration of Temperature-Stabilizing Device Utilizing Phase Change Material Commercial Lithium-ion Battery Suitable for Nanosatellites and Space Applications High-precise Power State Estimation Program / Autonomous and High-Efficient Operation System Performance Validation of Thin and Ultralight IMM3J-based Space Solar Module Optimized for CubeSats On-orbit Demonstration of Perovskite-based Solar Module for Space Applications Demonstration and Communication of Ultra-Compact S-band Communication Device Advanced Demonstration of Store-and-Forward (S&F) Communication via 920MHz Low-Power Transceiver Imaging and On-board Data Analysis Processing Using Compact Hyperspectral Camera Development of Educational Programs based on Educational Satellite Kit “EDIT”
	Image by DENDEN-01 project team

【Satellite】	LignoSat [Size：1U]
【Organizations】	Kyoto University SUMITOMO FORESTRY CO.,LTD.
【Mission】	LignoSat mission objectives are as follows： Measurement of strain of wooden panels Measurement of internal temperature of LignoSat Measurement of geomagnetism Measurement of occurrence of Single Event Upset (SEU) Two-way communication with amateur radio operators
	Image by Kyoto University

【Satellite】	YOMOGI [Size：1U]
【Organizations】	Chiba Institute of Technology
【Service Provider】	Space BD Inc.
【Mission】	Education to be an advanced engineer in space industry Monitoring the red tide in Tokyo Bay. Investigating the pollution of water sources in Uganda. sends and receives sensor data from ground stations by APRS system.
	Image by Chiba Institute of Technology

【Satellite】	ONGLAISAT [Size：W6U]
【Organizations】	Taiwan Space Agency ArkEdge Space Inc. The University of Tokyo
【Service Provider】	Space BD Inc.
【Mission】	ONGLAISAT is a 6-Unit (6U) size CubeSat co-developed by TASA (Taiwan Space Agency), the Intelligent Space Systems Laboratory (ISSL) at the University of Tokyo, ArkEdge Space Inc., and Space BD Inc. ONGLAISAT combines a telescope, developed by TASA, with a 6U satellite bus system that aims to produce a high signal-to-noise ratio image capture capability using Time Delay Integration (TDI) technology as its mission.
	Image by ONGLAISAT project team

Five CubeSats successfully deployed from "Kibo"!

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