[:ja]リッキー・アーノルド宇宙飛行士がISSから撮影したブータンの小型衛星放出の様子です。

九州工業大学が実施する宇宙新興国との国境を越えた学際的な衛星プロジェクト”BIRDS-2 Project.”では、日本の学生の支援のもと、ブータン、フィリピン、マレーシアの留学生たちが主体的に1辺10cmの小型立方体からなるキューブサットと呼ばれる超小型衛星3機を設計、製作、試験、放出することができました。ブータンについては国として初の人工衛星でした。

参考文献: Ricky Arnold’s Tweet
地球俯瞰画像を見る: LiVEARTH

[Earthview Wonders][Video] No.593: Bhutan’s First Satellite Deployment🇧🇹

Astronaut Ricky Arnold captured from ISS the deployment of Bhutan’s first satellite.

3 CubeSats designed and developed in Japan by students from Bhutan, the Philippines, and Malaysia were safely deployed. In the BIRDS-2 programme participated by four countries (Japan, Bhutan, the Philippines, and Malaysia), each country except Japan developed a small cube satellite 10 cm on each side (called a CubeSat) for a total of three CubeSats–“BHUTAN-1” (Bhutan), “MAYA-1 (the Philippines)” and “UiTMSAT-1” (Malaysia). Bhutan launched its first satellite.

Reference: Ricky Arnold’s Tweet
See earthview photo gallery: LiVEARTH[:en][Earthview Wonders][Video] No.593: Bhutan’s First Satellite Deployment🇧🇹

Astronaut Ricky Arnold captured from ISS the deployment of Bhutan’s first satellite.

3 CubeSats designed and developed in Japan by students from Bhutan, the Philippines, and Malaysia were safely deployed. In the BIRDS-2 programme participated by four countries (Japan, Bhutan, the Philippines, and Malaysia), each country except Japan developed a small cube satellite 10 cm on each side (called a CubeSat) for a total of three CubeSats–“BHUTAN-1” (Bhutan), “MAYA-1 (the Philippines)” and “UiTMSAT-1” (Malaysia). Bhutan launched its first satellite.

Reference: Ricky Arnold’s Tweet
See earthview photo gallery: LiVEARTH[:]