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A CubeSat, a rectangular box with black panels on each side, just released from the white satellite deployer at the top right of the image, moves in front of the station’s large solar panels, with the blackness of space visible behind them,

The BEAK CubeSat is deployed from a small satellie deployer

iss070e041037 (Dec. 18, 2023) --- The BEAK CubeSat is deployed from a small satellie deployer in the grips of the Japanese robotic arm attached to the Kibo laboratory module. BEAK, launched to the Interational Space Station aboard the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft, was developed by The University of Tokyo in Kashiwa, Japan, and the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science in Sagamihara, Japan. Its primary mission is to test novel technologies for use in future nano-sized planetary probes.

Image Credit: NASA
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