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The satellite was handed over to Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) on 18 February, and the satellite was sent to International Space Station on 17 April at 2:16 a.m. Sri Lanka Standard Time, to be deployed from it later. [9] [10] The satellite was launched along with Nepal's first satellite, NepaliSat-1. [11]
Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka Aeronautics and Space Agency: SLASA — Proposed in 2009. Immediate goal was to construct and launch two satellites. Sri Lankan Telecommunications Regulatory Commission had signed an agreement with Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd to get the relevant help and resources. [151] Sudan: Sudan Space Agency — —
SupremeSAT (Pvt) Ltd. is a Sri Lankan satellite operator. [1] It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Supreme Global holdings. [2] It's had a partnership with satellite manufacterer China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC) since 2013. The company is controversial for its ties with the Rajapaksa family of Sri Lanka. [3]
The apex body in Sri Lanka for government research funding is the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka. [2] The Accelerating Higher Education Expansion and Development (AHEAD), a joint program between the Sri Lankan government and the World Bank, provides research grants to Sri Lanka's higher education institutes.
The ACCIMT was established in 1984 by act of parliament, the Arthur C. Clarke Centre for Modern Technologies Act, No. 30 of 1984.This institution, initially known as Arthur C. Clarke Centre, was renamed as the Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Modern Technologies, and re-established in a corporate form in 1994 by the Science And Technology Development Act, No. 11 of 1994. [2]
In April 2024, she was chosen among NASA’s four-member new volunteer crew alongside Jason Lee, Stephanie Navarro and Shareef Al Romaithi to participate in a simulated mission to planet Mars within a habitat at the agency's Johnson Space Centre in Houston. [5] [6] She currently lives in San Francisco, USA.
He lived in Sri Lanka until his death. [11] Clarke was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1989 "for services to British cultural interests in Sri Lanka". [12] He was knighted in 1998 [13] [14] and was awarded Sri Lanka's highest civil honour, Sri Lankabhimanya, in 2005. [15]
Sri Lanka: Raavana 1: Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Modern Technologies: Kyushu Institute of Technology Rwanda: RWASAT-1: Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority: Rwandan engineers with support from the University of Tokyo: H-IIB: Tanegashima Space Center Yoshinobu Launch Complex: 24 September 2019: Decay from orbit 27 April 2022 Sudan