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Sri Lanka’s third nano-satellite, collaboratively developed by the Kyushu Institute of Technology (Kyutech), Japan, and the Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Modern Technologies (ACCIMT), Sri Lanka, has been deployed into orbit at 2.20 p.m. today (19).
The Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Modern Technologies in Moratuwa, has announced that the research satellite, named ‘BIRDS-X Dragonfly,’ is designed to conduct three space research missions.
Importantly, BIRDS-X Dragonfly comes at no cost to Sri Lanka, the ACCIMT said.
The project, conceived by former ACCIMT Director-General Eng. (Dr.) Sanath Panawennage as a Kyutech–ACCIMT collaboration, was supported by international partners based on Sri Lanka’s strategic and technical contributions. Funded by the Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC), its launch and deployment are facilitated by JAXA, advancing the mission to “bring diversity to the space sector and democratize space usage.”