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Three CubeSats are ejected outside the Kibo laboratory module

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Jun 18, 2019
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Three CubeSats are ejected outside the Kibo laboratory module
A set of three CubeSats are pictured shortly after being ejected outside of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo laboratory module.

iss059e104766 (June 17, 2019) — A set of three CubeSats are pictured shortly after being ejected from the Japanese Small Satellite Orbital Deployer attached to a robotic arm outside of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Kibo laboratory module. The tiny satellites from Nepal, Sri Lanka and Japan were released into Earth orbit for technology demonstrations.