Mexican Gxiba-1 CubeSat Starts Mission After Kibo Deployment
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 16, 2026
On February 3, 2026, the Mexican CubeSat Gxiba-1 was deployed from the Japanese Experiment Module Kibo on the International Space Station, beginning its on orbit mission. The small satellite was released into space using the Kibo module’s robotic arm as Earth passed in the background.
Gxiba-1 was built by a team from the Popular Autonomous University of the State of Puebla in Mexico after
Published by SpaceDaily on 02/16/2026