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Nakashimada Engineering Works, Ltd. and Tohoku University jointly issued a press release on March 1, 2017, announcing an experimental outcome of their 1U sized CubeSat called FREEDOM (Falling and Re-Entering Equipment called DOM), which was deployed into orbit from the Japanese Experiment Module "Kibo" on January 16, 2017.
Deployment of CubeSats: ITF-2/WASEDA-SAT3/FREEDOM on January 16, 2017 FREEDOM is the leftmost in the yellow circle above. (Credit: JAXA/NASA)
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