KiboCUBE Awardee Mexican CubeSat Handed Over to JAXA

Experiment at Kibo

“Gxiba-1”, a CubeSat developed by the Popular Autonomous University of the State of Puebla (UPAEP) in Mexico, was handed over from the satellite team to JAXA at Tsukuba Space Center on 7 August 2025. The satellite is planned to fly to the ISS on HTV-X1 and then be deployed from the Japanese Experimental Module “Kibo”.

Gxiba-1 is the awardee of the 6th KiboCUBE programme, jointly conducted by JAXA and UNOOSA. JAXA’s engineers visited the university in Mexico in March 2025 and gave hands-on support to the satellite team for this handover to come true.

Satellite Development Members from the Popular Autonomous University of the State of Puebla (UPAEP) in Mexico, Mexican Embassy Staff, and JAXA Staff

Signing Ceremony for Certificate of Satellite Acceptance

JAXA engineers in motion at the Popular Autonomous University of the State of Puebla (UPAEP) in Mexico in March 2025. (Image by UPAEP)

【Satellite】	Gxiba-1 [Size: 1U]
【Developer】	Popular Autonomous University of the State of Puebla (Mexico)
【Mission】	To observe active volcanoes in Mexico and analyze the ash dispersion which may suggest that a local population be alerted that surround the vicinity of the volcano.
	Gxiba-1, a CubeSat developed by the Popular Autonomous University of the State of Puebla (UPAEP) in Mexico

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