KiboCUBE Third Round of Applications
The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) are pleased to announce the third round of the United Nations/Japan Cooperation Programme on CubeSat Deployment from the International Space Station (ISS) Japanese Experiment Module (Kibo) "KiboCUBE".
The application period for the third round of KiboCUBE has ended. Thank you for your applications.
Third Round: How to Apply
- Announcement of Opportunity (.pdf)
- CubeSat Mission Application template (Word) [zip compressed file]
- CubeSat Mission Application template (LaTeX) [zip compressed file]
- JEM Payload Accommodation Handbook (.pdf)
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Guidance on Space Object Registration and Frequency Management for Small and Very Small Satellites
- CubeSat Design Specification developed by the California Polytechnic State University
- Technical Presentation by the Japanese Delegation: At the 58th Session of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space
- Video: "Deployment from Kibo" (provided by MEXT/JAXA)
The fully completed application documents comprising of a CubeSat Mission Application as well as a letter of endorsement from the head of the applying entity, should be sent by post, to the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs, Vienna International Centre, P.O. Box 500, A 1400 Vienna, Austria, and by email to hsti-kibocube@unoosa.org no later than 31 March 2018. In the email, applying entities are requested to attach scanned copies of the letter of endorsement and the cover page of CubeSat Mission Application as pdf-file (.pdf) and the entire document of CubeSat Mission Application in pdf (LaTeX or WORD generated). Please note that the UNOOSA email account only accepts emails with a size limit of up to 10 MB.
After receipt, UNOOSA and JAXA will proceed to evaluate each application. At UNOOSA's or JAXA's sole discretion, additional information may be requested from applicants, if necessary, to assist in the evaluation of the application. Selected applicants will then be notified with the results of the selection process. All awards are final, are made at the sole discretion of UNOOSA and JAXA, and not subject to challenge or review.
Contact Information
For further information regarding KiboCUBE, please contact hsti-kibocube@unoosa.org.