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# **BIRDS Open Source: Begin your satellite development**
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## 🧭 What Is This Project?
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BIRDS Open Source offers a library of resources to guide your satellite mission from start to finish, with workflows and open-source tools you can trust.
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BIRDS Open Source is an educational satellite development platform based on the **Kyutech BIRDS model**, now made openly accessible for learning and collaboration. It includes software, hardware, documentation, and team workflows to help you simulate or build a real CubeSat.
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**The BIRDS Open Source includes the following:**
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- **Software Catalog:** Allows you to manage all your software in one place including microservices, libraries and data pipelines.
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- **Software Templates:** Quickly start projects and standardize tools with best practices
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- **TechDocs:** Easily create and maintain technical documentation using a "docs like code" approach
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## 🛠️ Who Is This For?
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<div class="p-4 border rounded bg-[#f9f9f9]">
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<strong>👩‍🏫 Educators & Students</strong><br/>
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Learn-by-doing through real-world satellite design tasks.
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<strong>🛰️ Project Teams</strong><br/>
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Apply guides and workflows to your actual or simulated satellite missions.
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<strong>🔧 Engineers</strong><br/>
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Contribute to or adapt systems like the OBC, COM, EPS and test them.
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<strong>🌐 Collaborators</strong><br/>
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Translate, document, or localize content to your region.
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## Benefits of the BIRDS Open Source
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* **For engineering managers:** It simplifies the process of maintaining standards and managing your interconnected tech network.
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## Key Features of the BIRDS Bus
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**Modular Design**
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The BIRDS Bus is designed with modularity in mind, allowing teams to easily integrate and replace subsystems as needed. This flexibility is particularly useful for CubeSat missions with varying requirements.
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**Proven Reliability**
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The BIRDS Bus has been used in multiple missions, including BIRDS3 and BIRDS4, demonstrating its reliability and effectiveness in space.
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**Open-Source Documentation**
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The BIRDS Project provides extensive documentation, including schematics, firmware, and interface control documents (ICDs), to support teams in implementing the bus. The general documentation can be found here.
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## **Explore the BIRDS Series**
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[BIRDS Bus]({{site.url}}/about/bus-page.html){: .btn .btn-purple }
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With this foundational knowledge, you’ll be better equipped to dive into the satellite-building process. The next step is to select the path that best fits your experience level and start building!
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## Other resources
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- [Engineer Me This](https://www.youtube.com/@EngineerMeThis/videos)
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- [Build A Cubesat](https://www.youtube.com/@buildacubesat)
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- [RG Sat](https://www.youtube.com/@RGSAT)
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- [Kyutech SEIC](https://www.youtube.com/@kyutechseic4187)
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- [Systems Engineering Body of Knowledge (SEBoK)](https://sebokwiki.org/wiki/Guide_to_the_Systems_Engineering_Body_of_Knowledge_(SEBoK))
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[GitHub Issues.]: https://github.com/BIRDSOpenSource/Build-A-Satellite/issues
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[GitHub]: https://github.com/BIRDSOpenSource
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[our Discussions channel on Github]: https://github.com/orgs/BIRDSOpenSource/discussions/categories/ideas
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[BIRDS]: https://birds-project.com/
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[get in touch with us.]: info@kyutech-laseine.net
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[Mission Definition Review (MDR)]: {{site.url}}/project-managers/milestones/pm-mdr.html
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[Preliminary Design Review (PDR)]: {{site.url}}/project-managers/milestones/pm-pdr.html
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[Critical Design Review (CDR)]: {{site.url}}/project-managers/milestones/pm-cdr.html
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# 🚀 Getting Started
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Welcome to the **BIRDS Open Source** project — your entry point into learning, contributing, and building satellite systems collaboratively. Whether you're a student, educator, or engineer, this page will help you find your place in the project.
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## 🗺️ Project Overview
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| [About](../about) | Learn about the goals, origins, and structure of the BIRDS Open Source platform. |
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| [For Project Managers](../for-project-managers) | Guidance for coordinating your team, documentation practices, and planning. |
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| [OBC / COM / EPS Guides](../for-obc-team-members) | Role-specific tasks, wiring, and software responsibilities. |
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| [Hardware Guides](../hardware-guides) | Learn how to assemble, test, and debug hardware. |
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| [Software Guides](../software-guides) | Understand the software stack, workflows, and key tools. |
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| [Templates & Checklists](../templates-and-checklists) | Practical documents to ensure quality, consistency, and traceability. |
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- Read the [About](../about) page.
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Visit our [FAQ](../faq), check the [Glossary](../glossary), or explore the [Library](../library) for research papers, datasheets, and reference material.
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Want to contribute, translate, or test? Contact us via the [project repository](https://github.com/...) or join our next [Webinar](../webinars) to meet the community!
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