BIRDS-3 Satellite Launch to ISS | Raavana-1, NepaliSat-1, Ugaisu
Channel: ITN News - Sri Lanka
Date: 2019-04-18

A Northrop Grumman Antares 230 rocket launched the CRS-11 Cygnus spacecraft, dubbed the S.S. Roger Chaffee, from MARS Pad 0A, at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia, on 17 April 2019, at 20:46 UTC (16:46 EDT).

Sri Lanka’s first satellite ‘Raavana 1’ was launched into space today from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on Virginia’s East Shore.

The launch marks Sri Lanka’s entry into the global space age.

The BIRDS-3 satellites from Japan, Nepal and Sri Lanka were taken to the International space station (ISS) and boarded onto the Antares rocket and launched today.

The satellite was designed and built at the Kyushu Institute of Technology in Japan by Sri Lankan research engineers Tharindu Dayaratne and Dulani Chamika from the Arthur C.Clarke Institute, Moratuwa.

Its camera mission is to take pictures of Sri Lanka and its neighbouring countries. Its Lora Demonstration Mission is to validate the module to be used to data download next satellites. The Attitude Determination and Control Mission of ‘Ravaana 1’ involves the team trying to reduce the angular velocity of the satellite using magnetic torquers.

‘Raavana 1’ weights around 1.05 kg and the lifespan of the satellite is around one and a half years.

Outro video clips courtesy NASA and SpaceX

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