Bird [Kyutech]
Official name BIRD MM
Alternative name Mazaalai
Cospar ID 1998-067MW
Norad ID 42822
Launch date 1998-11-20
Launch site TTMTR
Launch vehicle Falcon-9 v1.2
Country/Organization Japan, Bangladesh, Ghana, Mongolia, Nigeria, Philippines, Bhutan, Malaysia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Paraguay, Uganda, Zimbabwe
Type application Technology, education
Operator Kyushu Institute of Technology (Kyutech)
RCS size SMALL
Decay date 2019-05-11
Shape Box
Mass (kg) 1
Height (m) 0.1
Width (m) 0.1
Depth (m) 0.1
Span (m^2) 0.1
Lifetime ~ 6 months
Contractors Kyushu Institute of Technology (Kyutech)
Equipment Cameras
Propulsion None
Configuration CubeSat (1U)
Power Solar cells, batteries

Bird are a small technological CubeSat (1U) built by Kyushu Institute of Technology (Kyutech) as the Joint Global Multi-Nation Birds Satellite project, which is a cross-border interdisciplinary satellite project for non-space faring countries supported by Japan.

Participating countries for the Bird 1 mission are; Japan (Toki, BirdJ), Ghana (GhanaSat 1, Bird G), Mongolia (Mazaalai, Bird M), Nigeria (Nigeria EduSat 1, Bird N) and Bangladesh (BRAC Onnesha, Bird B). During the two years project, students shall design, develop and operate five units of identical 1U CubeSats belonging to the five participating countries and operating from 7 ground stations (operation is done at seven ground stations; the five participating countries including Thailand and Taiwan) to form for the first time in the world a constellation of five CubeSats operated in seven networked ground stations. 15 students from six of the seven 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 faculty members. This project hopes to provide great leverage to students from developing nations for hands on satellite project.

A second round, BIRDS-2, flew in 2018 with Philippines (Maya, Bird PHL), Bhutan (Bhutan 1, Bird BTN) and Malaysia (UiTMSAT 1, Bird MYS) participating.

A third batch, BIRDS-3, contained satellites from Nepal (NepaliSat 1, Bird NPL), Sri Lanka (Raavana 1, Bird LKA) and Japan (Uguisu, Bird JPN).

A fourth batch, BIRDS-4, consisted of satellites from Philippines (Maya 2, Bird PHL2), Paraguay (Guaranisat-1, Bird xxx) and Japan (Tsuru, Bird JPN2).

The fifth batch, BIRDS-5, consists of satellites from Uganda (PearlAfricaSat 1), Zimbabwe (ZimSat 1), and Japan (Taka, larger 2U Cubesat).

Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
BIRD JJ 1998-067MU 1998-11-20 TTMTR Falcon-9 v1.2 with Dragon CRS-11, NICER, MUSES, ROSA, Bird B, Bird G, Bird M, Bird N
BIRD GG 1998-067MV 1998-11-20 TTMTR Falcon-9 v1.2 with Dragon CRS-11, NICER, MUSES, ROSA, Bird B, Bird J, Bird M, Bird N
BIRD MM 1998-067MW 1998-11-20 TTMTR Falcon-9 v1.2 with Dragon CRS-11, NICER, MUSES, ROSA, Bird B, Bird G, Bird J, Bird N
BIRD BB 1998-067MX 1998-11-20 TTMTR Falcon-9 v1.2 with Dragon CRS-11, NICER, MUSES, ROSA, Bird G, Bird J, Bird M, Bird N
BIRD NN 1998-067MY 1998-11-20 TTMTR Falcon-9 v1.2 with Dragon CRS-11, NICER, MUSES, ROSA, Bird B, Bird G, Bird J, Bird M
OBJECT PD 1998-067PD 1998-11-20 TTMTR Falcon-9 v1.2(ex) with Dragon CRS-15, ECOSTRESS, Bird BTN, Bird PHL
OBJECT PE 1998-067PE 1998-11-20 TTMTR Falcon-9 v1.2(ex) with Dragon CRS-15, ECOSTRESS, Bird BTN, Bird MYS
BHUTAN-1 1998-067PF 1998-11-20 TTMTR Falcon-9 v1.2(ex) with Dragon CRS-15, ECOSTRESS, Bird MYS, Bird PHL
RAAVANA 1 1998-067QE 1998-11-20 TTMTR Antares-230 with Cygnus CRS-11, VCC A, B, C, Bird JPN, Bird LKA, IOD-GEMS, SpooQy 1, Światowid, KrakSat, AeroCube 10A, AeroCube 10B, SASSI2, Seeker, EntrySat, ThinSat 1A, ..., 1L
UGUISU 1998-067QF 1998-11-20 TTMTR Antares-230 with Cygnus CRS-11, VCC A, B, C, Bird JPN, Bird NPL, IOD-GEMS, SpooQy 1, Światowid, KrakSat, AeroCube 10A, AeroCube 10B, SASSI2, Seeker, EntrySat, ThinSat 1A, ..., 1L
NEPALISAT1 1998-067QG 1998-11-20 TTMTR Antares-230 with Cygnus CRS-11, VCC A, B, C, Bird LKA, Bird NPL, IOD-GEMS, SpooQy 1, Światowid, KrakSat, AeroCube 10A, AeroCube 10B, SASSI2, Seeker, EntrySat, ThinSat 1A, ..., 1L
TSURU 1998-067SD 1998-11-20 TTMTR Antares-230+ with Cygnus CRS-15, Lawkanat 1, Gunsmoke-J 2, ORCA 6, ORCA 7, IT-SPINS, TAU-SAT 1, MYSAT 2, STARS-EC, OPUSAT 2, RSP 01, WARP 01, Maya 2, Guaranisat 1, ThinSat 2A, ..., 2I
MAYA-2 1998-067SF 1998-11-20 TTMTR Antares-230+ with Cygnus CRS-15, Lawkanat 1, Gunsmoke-J 2, ORCA 6, ORCA 7, IT-SPINS, TAU-SAT 1, MYSAT 2, STARS-EC, OPUSAT 2, RSP 01, WARP 01, Guaranisat 1, Tsuru, ThinSat 2A, ..., 2I
GUARANISAT-1 1998-067SH 1998-11-20 TTMTR Antares-230+ with Cygnus CRS-15, Lawkanat 1, Gunsmoke-J 2, ORCA 6, ORCA 7, IT-SPINS, TAU-SAT 1, MYSAT 2, STARS-EC, OPUSAT 2, RSP 01, WARP 01, Maya 2, Tsuru, ThinSat 2A, ..., 2I