iss052e011283 (7/7/2017) --- A view taken of CubeSats from Japan, Ghana, Mongolia, Bangladesh and Nigeria deployed from the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) Satellite Orbital Deployer 7 (J-SSOD 7) (with Earth visible in the background). These satellites are part of the Joint Global Multi-Nation Birds Satellite project (BIRDS-1), a cross-border interdisciplinary satellite project for non-space faring countries supported by Japan. During this 2-year project, students from the Graduate School of Engineering of the Kyushu Institute of Technology design, develop and operate CubeSats belonging to the five participating countries.
Photographer Jack Fischer
Date July 7, 2017