Design, development, tests and first flight results of 1KUNS-PF, the first Kenyan University CubeSat
1KUNS-PF (1 st Kenyan University Nano Satellite - Precursor Flight) is the first 1-Unit CubeSat developed by the Republic of Kenya, and the first nano-satellite selected for the “KiboCUBE†programme. This is the result of the cooperation between the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), and it is aimed to provide developing countries with the opportunity for a CubeSat deployment from the International Space Station (ISS) using the Japanese Experiment Module (Kibo).