At Exactly 10:07 , Saturday June 3, 2017 The
Federal University of Technology Akure , FUTA ,
made history when the SpaceX Falcon9 Rocket
launched Birds 1 satellites, comprising 5 CubeSats
belonging to Japan, Ghana, Mongolia, Nigeria and
Bangladesh, into Space from Kennedy Space
Centre in Florida, USA. The Nigerian CubeSat, code
name NigeriaEdusat-1, is designed, built and
owned by The Federal University of Technology
Akure (FUTA) in collaboration with National Space
Research and Development Agency (NASRDA),
Abuja, Nigeria, and Kyushu Institute of Technology
Japan. Mr. Ibukun Adebolu of FUTA’s Department
of Mechanical Engineering is the representative of
Nigeria on the project. The initial launch scheduled
for Thursday June 1 was aborted due to adverse
weather condition.
The satellite is expected to dock at the
International Space Station, ISS on Monday June 5
at 10:30 AM Nigerian Time .
It is the first ever University satellite to be
launched by Nigeria. From the International Space
Station the satellites will be deployed into lower
orbit during the last week of June 2017.
The major objective of NigeriaEdusat-1 is capacity
building, i. e. domesticating the satellite
technology in a Nigerian university, FUTA, and
making the technology a common business among
staff and students of the university in Nigeria for
the purpose of research, resources and
environmental management and sustainable socio-
economic development of the nation. The satellite
technology development in the long run shall have
spillover effects on Science, Technology,
Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education
that is an essential tool for a country industrial
development.
Adebolu who is involved in the Structure
Configuration Design, BIRDS Project gives details
of his role on the project,
"My role in the Birds’ Project is Structure Design.
Drawing on my background in Mechanical
Engineering, I am saddled with the task of
ensuring that our satellites have sufficient
strength and rigidity to survive the rigorous launch
and space environments. In order to achieve this, I
have to ensure that all payload and Bus System
are properly accommodated within the 10 cubic
centimeter structure. I find this very challenging,
because it involves a lot of optimization and trade-
offs. In the future, I hope to work more on other
aspects of satellite design"
The Vice Chancellor, Professor Joseph Fuwape, said
with the successful launch FUTA has shown the
capabilities of Nigerian scientists and would build on
the success to concretize its leading position in
cutting edge researches and scientific
breakthroughs.

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