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Japan ponders move on Myanmar satellite – 7NEWS.com.au

Japan’s space agency is considering what to do with a satellite on the International Space Station belonging to the Myanmar Aerospace Engineering University.

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Myanmar’s first satellite is being held on board the International Space Station following the Myanmar coup while Japan’s space agency and a Japanese university decide what to do with it, two Japanese university officials say.
The $US15 million ($A19 million) satellite was built by Japan’s Hokkaido University in a joint project with Myanmar’s government-funded Myanmar Aerospace Engineering University (MAEU).
It is the first of a set of two 50 kg microsatellites equipped with cameras designed to…

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