Recently lsquo Bird project rsquo was in news which of the following statements is are correct regar...........

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Recently ‘Bird project’ was in news, which of the following statements is/are correct regarding the project?

1. It is a multinational satellite project for non-space faring countries supported by Japan.

2. Under the project Sri Lanka has lauched its first sattellite named- Raavana-1.

Choose the correct answer using the codes below-

Only 1

Only 2

Both 1 and 2

Neither 1 nor 2

Birds project’ an acronym for ‘Joint Global Multi-Nation Birds Satellite project’, which is a cross-border interdisciplinary satellite project for non-space faring countries supported by Japan.
It is first step towards creating an indigenous space program by designing, building, operating, testing and launching 1st satellite for participating nations.
The Birds 3 project is led by Japan’s Kyushu Institute of Technology and involves students from Sri Lanka, Nepal and Japan.
Raavana-1 satellite was lauched under ‘Birds project’