uitmsat-1 was launched to space on 29 june 2018 via the falcon 9 full thrust rocket at cape canaveral in florida, united states as part of the spacex crs-15 commercial resupply service mission. maya-1 and bhutan-1, which were also developed under the birds-2 project, were among the payload of the rocket. all three nanosatellites were deployed from the iss and achieved orbit on 10 august 2018.