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ISSN 2433-8818 BIRDS Project According to Bryce Space & Technology Co., among academic operators, Kyutech is No. 1 in small satellites launched Newsletter Members of Issue No. 37 BIRDS -1, -2, -3, (28 February 2019) and -4, on 29 Nov 2018 in front of the lab building Edited by: G. Maeda Laboratory of Spacecraft Environment Interaction Engineering (LaSEINE), Kyushu Institute of Technology (Kyutech) Kitakyushu, Japan Archive website: http://birds1.birds-project.com/newsletter.html Space All back issues are archived at this website. Engineering Acknowledgment of support: This newsletter is supported, in part, by International JSPS Core-to-Core Program, Course B. Asia-Africa Science Platforms.BIRDS Project Newsletter – No. 37 Page 1 of 130 IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO ALL PERSONS ENGAGED IN THE BIRDS PROJECT To conduct the three BIRDS international workshops in Ghana, Mongolia, and Bangladesh, we are receiving generous funding from JSPS, the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. However, JSPS needs to know how effectively their funds are being used in the I would be much obliged if you could send the pdf of any such pursuit of high-quality science. Accordingly, in publication so that we can inform JSPS. In this way JSPS can see the past, I have asked you to insert this the benefits of funding BIRDS-related activities. This evidence is acknowledgement in all your BIRDS-related critical when we try to renew the funding for BIRDS workshops. publications: Right now, we are seeking publications issued between 01 April ------------------------------------------------------------ 2018 and 31 March 2019. If you do not have any to offer this Acknowledgement of support time, please make every effort to publish something between now This work was supported by JSPS Core-to-Core and 31 March 2020 that includes the acknowledgment to JSPS. Program, B. Asia-Africa Science Platforms. Upon publication, please send the pdf to me. ------------------------------------------------------------ - G. Maeda, the Editor, 28 Feb. 2019 BIRDS Project Newsletter – No. 37 Page 2 of 130 All back issues of this newsletter can be easily downloaded. Go to here: http://birds1.birds-project.com/newsletter.html and scroll down to the desired issue. Table of Sections The Guest Box 1. Olayinka’s World – a regular column of this newsletter When you go to Adamson 2. More info about the Epsilon rocket [of JAXA] University a figure of this 3. Sri Lanka BIRDS-3 appeared on Facebook on 23 January 2019 person is posted in every classroom. He is the 4. Ground station status of FUTA university’s Patron Saint, St. 5. Activity report for the space law and policy course recently taught for SEIC Vincent De Paul. 6. Congratulations to the new VC of NAST in Nepal 7. Telecon with Instituto Tecnológico de Hermosillo (ITH) of Sonora State, Mexico This remarkable man, born at Pouy in Southern France in 1581, had 8. Rodrigo and Prof Shibata visited ITH last year on 30 November 2018 a rather self-seeking start in the priesthood. Under the influence of 9. Congratulations to Antara and Kafi of the BIRDS-1 Team spiritual directors like St. Francis de Sales, Cardinal de Berulle, and Andre Duval, he underwent a striking conversion in which he gave 10. The first UiTM MIS (Mission Idea Symposium) at Kyutech his life over to God in the service of the poor. He founded the 11. Industrial tours of Kitakyushu – all very interesting Congregation of the Mission in 1625, a community of priests and brothers whose end is "to preach the good news to the poor" and 12. Congratulations to JAXA Engineer Akagi ! ! ! the Daughters of Charity (1633), at that time a new form of community where the sisters lived in the world" to serve the sick 13. Details of the 10th Cansat Leader Training Program have been released poor spiritually and corporally. He also established the 14. Call signs awarded to BIRDS-3 Confraternities of Charity (lay organizations, both of men and women, founded in parishes also to assist the poor spiritually and 15. Space news from the Philippines corporally) and the Ladies of Charity. These groups continue to the 16. Smallsat deployment: Kyutech pulls ahead of the pack ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! present day in a very large number. 17. Message to all stakeholders of BIRDS Source: https://www.adamson.edu.ph/v1/?page=stvincent 18. The new space law in Japan - Mark Angelo C. Purio, PhD Student, BIRDS-4 Member Continued on the next page BIRDS Project Newsletter – No. 37 Page 3 of 130 Table of Sections 19. February report from UPD 20. JAXA announces the delivery of BIRDS-3 satellites to Tsukuba 21. The sixth Mission Idea Contest (MIC6) of UNISEC-Global 22. UNOOSA announces “Space for Youth Competition“ 23. Japan announces “S-Booster 2019” contest for the Asia and Oceania regions 24. BIRDS-5 news from Sonora, Mexico 25. Message from the VC of NAST (Nepal) after his visit to Kyutech for satellite handover 26. BIRDS-3: Monthly activities report 27. BIRDS-3: Handover press conference of 15 Feb 2019 28. BIRDS-3: Satellites were hand carried to JAXA in Tsukuba 29. BIRDS-4: The project selects its project manager 30. BIRDS-4: Monthly outing 31. BIRDS-4: Space policy news from Paraguay 32. BIRDS-4: Advanced printed circuit board design training 33. BIRDS-4: Birthday celebration for Hisatsugu-san 34. BIRDS-4: News on the ADCS subsystem 35. BIRDS-4: The intended solar cells See the article (#36) to 36. BIRDS-4: The official logo has been fixed 37. BIRDS-4: How to learn English or Japanese, or both understand how this logo was selected BIRDS Project Newsletter – No. 37 Page 4 of 130 01. Olayinka’s World – a regular column of this newsletter Ronke Starting with Issue No. 30 of this newsletter, Ms. Olayinka Prof. Rabiu Olayinka Fagbemiro began a monthly column called “Olayinka’s World.” She reports on space-related topics in Nigeria. She works for the Space Education Unit of NASRDA, which is the national space agency of Nigeria. Olayinka with NASRDA colleagues in Abuja on 8 November 2018 On the next page please find Column No. 7. BIRDS Project Newsletter – No. 37 Page 5 of 130 OLAYINKA’S WORLD COLUMN NO 7 OLAYINKA FAGBEMIRO NATIONAL SPACE RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT AGENCY(NASRDA), ABUJA. NIGERIA PRINCIPAL SCIENTIFIC OFFICER, HEAD, SPACE EDUCATION UNIT IAU @100: 100 Hours of Astronomy in Nigeria This year, 2019, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) is celebrating its 100th anniversary. To commemorate this milestone, the IAU is organising a year-long celebration to increase awareness of a century of astronomical discoveries as well as to support and improve the use of astronomy as a tool for education, development and diplomacy under the central theme "Under One Sky". The centennial celebrations is expected stimulate worldwide interest in astronomy and science and to reach out to the global astronomical community, national science organisations, societies, policy-makers, students, families and the general public. Astronomers Without Borders (AWB) Nigeria, joined thousands of people from across the globe to participate in 100Hours of Astronomy, a 100-hour, round-the-clock, round-the-globe celebration composed of a broad range of activities aimed at involving the public. AWB Nigeria organized as part of the 100 Hour of Astronomy, a school Outreach and a public Astronomy outreach, where members of the public were treated to wonderful views of the sky using the solar glasses at day time and telescopes in the evening. BIRDS Project Newsletter – No. 37 Page 6 of 130 IAU @100: 100 Hours of Astronomy in Nigeria Students of NAOWA College, viewing the Sun with the aid of solar filters Public Outreach to observe 100 hours of Astronomy in Abuja, Nigeria. BIRDS Project Newsletter – No. 37 Page 7 of 130 02. More info about the Epsilon rocket [of JAXA] Dear All, “As part of our research on the next- generation solid propellant rocket, we plan to reduce the cost by a third of With the success of the epsilon rocket last week, the user's manual of the epsilon that for the former M-V Launch Vehicle. rocket (including multiple satellites) Japanese / English version was released to However, we are not only thinking about cost reductions. Our ultimate JAXA website. goal is to lower hurdles to space by It is available from the link shown below. If you are interested please read. developing a space transportation system suitable for a new age and by making rocket launches much simpler. Japanese version Additionally, we will be able to meet Epsilon rocket the wide range of demands for rocket http://www.jaxa.jp/projects/rockets/epsilon/index_j.html launches by operating the H-IIA and H- IIB Launch Vehicles as well.” English version --from the website Epsilon rocket indicated at the right http://global.jaxa.jp/projects/rockets/epsilon/ Sincerely, Yamauchi, 22 Jan. 2019 -- *************************************** 九州工業大学 宇宙環境技術ラボラトリー 山内 貴志 (Yamauchi Takashi) 〒804-8550 北九州市戸畑区仙水1-1 Tel & Fax : 093-884-3229 BIRDS Project Newsletter – No. 37 Page 8 of 130 03. Sri Lanka BIRDS-3 appeared on Facebook on 23 January 2019 https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10217339514255299&set=a.2302790204668&type=3&theater BIRDS Project Newsletter – No. 37 Page 9 of 130 04. Ground station status of FUTA Interim Report on the Setting up of BIRDS Project Ground Receiving Station Dr. Olurotimi Akintunde Dahunsi Centre for Space Research and Applications Federal University of Technology (FUTA) Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria 23 January 2019 Editor’s note: FUTA is a member of the original 5-nation BIRDS-1 Project (2015-2017). BIRDS Project Newsletter – No. 37 Page 10 of 130 • There had been a set back based on the poor choice of location for siting the station.