he satellite was handed over to
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) on 18 February, and the satellite was sent to International Space Station on 17 April at 2:16 a.m. Sri Lanka Standard Time, to be deployed from it later.
[7][8] The satellite also was launched with Nepal's first satellite
NepaliSat-1.
[9] The satellite will orbit at an altitude of 400 kilometers, and
the satellite contains five missions to complete.
[10] Raavana 1 will be inside third batch known as BIRDS-3 together with satellites from Nepal and Japan.
[11] Raavana 1 will take fifteen pictures per day.[12][13] MissionEdit
According to Nanosats database its missions is to "Provide ciphered short messages in its beacon in the 437 MHz band. Remote Data Collection based on low powered LoRa modulation for demonstration of remote data collection and processing onboard. Imaging mission for public outreach and awareness,
Earth Magnetic Field measurement, Glue Mission: to find COTS alternative to expensive space glue and Active Attitude Stabilization as precursor to active pointing control for future CubeSat"
[14]