A trio of CubeSats is deployed into Earth orbit outside of the International Space Station

iss074e0301636 (Feb. 3, 2026) --- A trio of CubeSats designed by college students from around the world is deployed into Earth orbit from a small satellite orbital deployer on the outside of the International Space Station's Kibo laboratory module. Students from Mexico, Italy, Thailand, Malaysia, and Japan designed the shoe-boxed sized satellites for a series of Earth observations and technology demonstrations.