Three smallsats developed by students from Australia and the Philippines were launched from the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday, October 6, according to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) that revealed this release during a live broadcast.
The Australian Binar-1 (artistic rendition above) and two Philippine satellites, Maya-3 and Maya-4 (photo below), were deployed from the Japanese Experiment Module Kibo on board the ISS. They were brought to the station by a SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft in August.
