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    Mongolia to launch a satellite in 2017 | The UB Post
    ▻http://theubpost.mn/2016/10/05/mongolia-to-launch-a-satellite-in-2017

    Mongolia will be launching a satellite into space in spring 2017, with help from UNESCO and the Japanese government, the Mongolian Press Institute reported on October 4.

    The Joint Global Multi Nation BIRDS (JGMNB) project is a cross-border interdisciplinary spectral and infrared remote detection (BIRD) satellite project for non-space faring countries supported by Japan. Ghana, Mongolia, Nigeria, and Bangladesh are some of the seven countries participating in the JGMNB project.
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    The satellite will be used by researchers to monitor desertification and to collect data on plant yield and soil moisture. It will also be used to report real-time to herders and farmers. After the launch of the first satellite in 2017, Mongolian scientists are planning to launch a second satellite by 2020.

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      Le site du projet

      BIRDS project.
      ▻http://birds.ele.kyutech.ac.jp

      The Joint Global Multi-Nation Birds Satellite project. acronym as “Birds project.” is a cross-border interdisciplinary satellite project. for non-space faring countries supported by Japan (participating countries are; Ghana, Mongolia, Nigeria and Bangladesh) During this 2 years project., students shall design, develop and operate 5units of identical 1U CubeSats (1kg, 10cm cubic) belonging to the five participating countries and operated from 7 ground stations (operation is done at 7 ground stations; the 5 participating countries including Thailand and Taiwan) to form first time in the world a constellation of 5 CubeSats operated in 7 networked ground stations. 15 students from 6 of the 7 participating countries who belong to Graduate school of Engineering of the Kyushu Institute of Technology and enrolled as a Master or Doctoral degree students in Space Engineering International Course are executing this project. with the support of 4 faculty members. This project. hopes to provide great leverage to students from developing nations for hands on satellite project.

      #CubeSat

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