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The Japanese Kyushu Institute of Technology (KIT) supported the design and fabrication of the satellites.

The satellites were launched by the Falcon 9 Full Thrust rocket as a part of the SpaceX CRS-15 mission on 29 June 2018.

Five countries had their satellites successfully launched in the Birds-1 flight: Japan, Ghana, Mongolia, Nigeria, and Bangladesh.

[7] The constellation was launched in SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft, lofted into space with their Falcon 9 rocket.

It was the 15th launch of the Cargo Resupply Mission (CRS) contract to the International Space Station (ISS).