International cooperation through the space development.

To satellite Philippines for the first time independent development, Tohoku and Hokkaido to cooperate. In ultra-small satellite that both universities have developed, the Philippine government is paying attention, I signed a joint development agreement of 2 groups. Such as the purpose disaster monitoring. It is noted as international cooperation through the space development. 1 groups first satellite vertical 55 cm, horizontal 35 cm, height 55 cm, weighs about 50 kg. Equipped with a camera to tell the ground five meters of things from an altitude of about 400 km, to use for the growth investigation of damage grasp and crops of disaster. Japanese Experiment Module of the International Space Station in the first half of fiscal 2016 to be released from the "hope". I international exchange with a focus on such university I want to hope that proceed also in other areas.



フィリピンが初めて自主開発する人工衛星に、東北大と北海道大が協力する。両大学が開発した超小型衛星に、フィリピン政府が着目し、２基の共同開発契約を結んだ。災害監視などが目的。宇宙開発を通した国際協力として注目される。１基目の衛星は縦５５センチ、横３５センチ、高さ５５センチ、重さ約５０キロ。高度約４００キロから地上５メートルの物を見分けるカメラなどを搭載し、災害の被害把握や農作物の生育調査に使う。２０１６年度前半に国際宇宙ステーションの日本の実験棟「きぼう」から放出する。　このような大学を中心とした国際交流が他の分野でも進んでいくことを期待したいですね。