At Kyushu Institute of Technology, a project "Birds Satellite Project" is underway to jointly develop four satellites with Asian and African countries such as Japan, Ghana, and Mongolia. On June 4, 2016, a press conference was held at the Tobata Campus with all the managers from each country.
Students from seven countries and regions, Japan, Ghana, Mongolia, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Thailand, and Taiwan, who belong to the Kyushu Institute of Technology Graduate School of Space Engineering International Course, will participate in the "Birds Satellite Project".The aim is for students to learn the process of satellite programs and to form an international human network that helps each other in immature space programs.
In the project, Japan, Ghana, Mongolia, and Bangladesh each designed and manufactured four microsatellite satellites with a side of 1 cm.Nigeria, Thailand and Taiwan will also participate in the satellite operation to form an international ground station network consisting of seven countries and regions.
A total of 6 students from 15 countries other than Taiwan will work on the development of the satellite with the support of 4 faculty members.Until the satellite design is confirmed, 15 people will work together as a team, and after July 2016, when the satellite production stage begins, the students of Ghana, Mongolia, and Bangladesh will be divided into groups of 7 people, the first in each country. We will start the production and testing of the artificial satellite.
The four completed microsatellite will be released into outer space in 4 from the International Space Station "Kibo" of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).
At Kyushu Institute of Technology, this project will help students in emerging countries to launch sustainable space programs in their home countries, and will be a good example of a collaborative education program for Japanese and international students. I'm expecting.
