Nepal’s first satellite NepaliSat-1 was launched into space from the Virginia-based station of the NASA .

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  NepaliSat-1 will start rotating around the Earths orbit to collect information about the country’s topography and Earths magnetic field
• The satellite also bears the Nepal flag and logo of Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NAST).
• The satellite is equipped with a 5MP camera to capture Nepal’s topography and a magnetometer to collect data related to the Earth’s magnetic field.
• The satellite was developed by two Nepalis Abhas Maskey and Hariram Shrestha at Japan’s Kyushu Institute of Technology

Along with NepaliSat-1, Sri Lanka’s first satellite, Raavana 1was also launched into space. Raavana 1 marked the entry of Sri Lanka into space.

The BIRDS project is a UN initiative to help countries launch their first satellite and the Japanese Kyushu Institute of Technology has been involved in this particular project.