Three CubeSats are deployed from a Small Satellite Orbital Deployer (SSOD) attached to the Kibo laboratory’s robotic arm on 19 November 2013. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata, Expedition 38 flight engineer, monitored the deployment while operating the Japanese robotic arm from inside Kibo. The CubeSats were delivered to the International Space Station on 9 August 2013, aboard Japan’s fourth H-II Transfer Vehicle.