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Statistical Analysis Of Lessons Learned From University Satellite Projects In Japan, Yoshihiro Tsuruda, Masahiro Furumoto, Kikuko Miyata, Mengu Cho, Toshinori Kuwahara, Yukihito Kitazawa Aug 2022

Statistical Analysis Of Lessons Learned From University Satellite Projects In Japan, Yoshihiro Tsuruda, Masahiro Furumoto, Kikuko Miyata, Mengu Cho, Toshinori Kuwahara, Yukihito Kitazawa

Small Satellite Conference

University Space Engineering Consortium (UNISEC) is a non-profitable organization established in 2003 with the purpose of supporting the “ realization of practical space engineering activities, ” and providing support to universities and research institutions in Japan. UNISEC has accumulated practical experiences and achievements from more than 80 micro- and nano-satellite projects of the corporate partners, which also includes the two world-first-CubeSats launched in 2003. Following the recent drastic increase of academic and commercial space development and utilization activities all over the world, UNISEC has recently conducted a survey on the lessons learned of safety and mission assurance of these satellites …


International Collaboration Towards Cambodia’S First Small Satellite Education Program: Lessons Learnt, Maximilien Berthet, Morokot Sakal, Penghuy Srean, Sotheara Oum, Polimey Im, Sokserey Srey, Ryohei Takahashi, Jorge Garcia, Nobuhiro Funabiki, Yoichi Suenaga, Rattana Chhin Aug 2021

International Collaboration Towards Cambodia’S First Small Satellite Education Program: Lessons Learnt, Maximilien Berthet, Morokot Sakal, Penghuy Srean, Sotheara Oum, Polimey Im, Sokserey Srey, Ryohei Takahashi, Jorge Garcia, Nobuhiro Funabiki, Yoichi Suenaga, Rattana Chhin

Small Satellite Conference

Since 2019, students from the University of Tokyo (UTokyo) and the Institute of Technology of Cambodia (ITC) have collaborated to set up Cambodia’s first small satellite education program. Around 30 students from both institutions have organized and taken part in joint educational activities, articulated around the development of a 1U CubeSat, which is planned to become Cambodia’s first satellite. This paper presents lessons learnt so far during the cooperative education program. We first explain how students have led the collaboration between a mentor (UTokyo) and mentee (ITC) institution in different countries, mostly online due to the pandemic. We then provide …