Plans are afoot to set up a space agency in Sri Lanka and ready to launch its first satellite soon.
Telecommunications Regulatory Commission General Manager Priyantha Kariyapperuma told Daily Mirror yesterday that initial steps have been taken to form a space agency in Sri Lanka. “This would be similar to NASA in the US and ISRO in India” he said.
Mr. Kariyapperuma said he would meet officials from the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) next month. An expert consultant is expected in the island shortly.
It has been planned to launch two satellites, namely a GEO satellites used for communication and a LEO satellite.
The TRC is to announce the launch dates of the satellites in March this year to coincide with the first death anniversary of Sir Arthur C. Clarke after whom the satellites will be named.
Sri Lanka is reported to be one of the few nations in Asia, which does not have a satellite of its own.
-Dailymirror
Telecommunications Regulatory Commission General Manager Priyantha Kariyapperuma told Daily Mirror yesterday that initial steps have been taken to form a space agency in Sri Lanka. “This would be similar to NASA in the US and ISRO in India” he said.
Mr. Kariyapperuma said he would meet officials from the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) next month. An expert consultant is expected in the island shortly.
It has been planned to launch two satellites, namely a GEO satellites used for communication and a LEO satellite.
The TRC is to announce the launch dates of the satellites in March this year to coincide with the first death anniversary of Sir Arthur C. Clarke after whom the satellites will be named.
Sri Lanka is reported to be one of the few nations in Asia, which does not have a satellite of its own.
-Dailymirror
maru namk ney man ta thiyenney.. hehehe 
