Thread by @planet4589

Updated sumary: the J-SSOD-M2 deployer flew to ISS on NG-15, taken to the Kibo module and moved outside with the JEM-RMS robot arm. At 0830 UTC Mar 22 it ejected its payload, the လောကနတ်-၁ (Lawkanat-1) microsat which is a joint project of Hokkaido U and MAEU (Meiktila, Myanmar)

A Reuters story by @kellyJapan noted the controversy over the sat. The report today by @heinkoLwin confirms the deployment and says that Lawkanat-2 is scheduled for Sep 2023.

@kellyJapan @heinkoLwin The announcement republished by Lwin says " Under the terms of the agreement, the Earth observation satellite is intended for the following non-military peaceful uses: They are:
(1) Agriculture;
(2) Forests;
(3) Rural areas; Urban change;
(4) Oceanography;
(cont)

@kellyJapan @heinkoLwin (5) Soil; Mining and soil change;
(6) Hydrology and water resources;
(7) With the environment
And (8) disaster management.

Under the terms of the agreement, the University of Hokkaido will do its utmost to protect the satellite from military use.

@kellyJapan @heinkoLwin Full control of the satellite and ensuring that the sat.'s performance is not compromised will be controlled by Japanese personnel. Sat. imagery will only be used in the event of an unforeseen natural disaster, and the location will be released for non-military purposes only.

@kellyJapan @heinkoLwin ... end quote. Wow, they REALLY want to make clear that Myanmar has absolutely no control over the satellite!

Ah, I finally scrolled down far enough in heinkolwin.com/the-first-myan… to see there is an English translation! (But I must say google trans seems to do an excellent job on Burmese). I should clarify that the statement was from the Hokkaido team.