The JAXA announced four CubeSats deployment from ISS by the JEM Small
Satellite Orbital Deployer (J-SSOD).
The four CubeSats are followings.
PicoDragon
1U CubeSat
Developer: Vietnam National Satellite Center(VNSC), University of
Tokyo, IHI aerospace
ArduSat-1 and ArduSat-X
1U CubeSat
Developer: Nanorack, NanoSatisfi
TechEdSat-3
3U CubeSat
Developer: NASA Ames Research Center
PicoDragon, ArduSat-1 and ArduSat-X operates on amateur band.
TechEdSat-3 could not find on the IARU Amateur Satellite Frequency
Coordination list.
All the satellites sent ISS by the HTV4 at 4th August. The HTV4 is
also known as HamTV set vehicle.
Deployment is planed from October 2013 to March 2014.
Masa JN1GKZ Tokyo Japan
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