NepaliSat-1: Nepal's First Satellite
- Title
- NepaliSat-1: Nepal's First Satellite
- Description
NepaliSat-1: Nepal's First Satellite
NepaliSat-1 is Nepal's first satellite, marking a significant milestone in the country's space science journey.
Key Facts
- Launch Date: 17 April 2019 from the International Space Station (ISS) as part of the BIRDS-3 (Joint Global Multi-Nation Birds Satellite) project.
- Development: Developed by two Nepali engineers, Hariram Shrestha and Abhinash Bikram Adhikari, at the Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan.
- Specification: A 1U CubeSat measuring $10 \text{ cm} \times 10 \text{ cm} \times 10 \text{ cm}$.
- Missions: Earth observation (imaging Nepal's topography) and amateur radio communication.
- Operation: Operated by the Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NAST).
- Significance: Represented Nepal's entry into the space age and inspired further ambitions in space exploration.
- Category
- Space
- Year of Discovery/Development
- 2019
- Key Person/Organization
- NAST / Hariram Shrestha