KATHMANDU: Nepal has launched its satellite ‘NepaliSat-1’ for the first time in history. The nanosatellite was launched from a facility in Virginia, USA at NST 2:31 am on Thursday. NASA live streamed the launch of the first Nepali satellite.
Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) developed the satellite with the support of Kyutech University of Japan under ‘Birds project.’ It is a cross-border interdisciplinary satellite project for non-space faring countries.
The satellite has been named ‘NepaliSat-1’, which is the first of its kind in Nepal. It weighs about 1.33 kg and is just around 30% larger than a Rubik’s Cube.
Along with Nepal, Sri Lanka and Japan also launched their nanosatellites.
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