{"id":18721,"date":"2019-04-16T18:15:08","date_gmt":"2019-04-16T12:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nepalisansar.com\/?p=18721"},"modified":"2019-06-11T17:03:01","modified_gmt":"2019-06-11T11:33:01","slug":"nasa-to-live-stream-nepals-first-nanosatellite-space-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nepalisansar.com\/technology\/nasa-to-live-stream-nepals-first-nanosatellite-space-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA Live Streams Nepal\u2019s First Nanosatellite Space Launch"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nepal\u2019s first nanosatellite ‘NepaliSat-1<\/strong>‘ was launched into space on April 18, 2019 at 2:30 AM NPT from NASA\u2019s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The launch marks Nepal\u2019s entry into the global space age.<\/p>\n

The satellite was developed with the support of Japan\u2019s Kyutech University under the Birds project, <\/em>which is a cross-border interdisciplinary satellite project for non-space faring countries.<\/p>\n

The satellite weighs about 1.33kg and is just around 30 percent larger than a Rubik\u2019s cube.<\/p>\n

$\"Nepal$ <\/p>\n

The Birds 3 satellites from Sri Lanka, Japan and Nepal were taken to the International Space Station (ISS) and boarded onto the Antares rocket and launched today.<\/p>\n

Nepal\u2019s maiden satellite will capture pictures of various parts of Nepal daily and share information about its forests, glaciers, hills, mountains, roads, and Terai.<\/p>\n

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Photo: NASA<\/p><\/div>\n
This project makes Nepal self-sufficient in terms of information gathering and competent in the international engineering market.<\/p>\n
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Though a humble beginning, with the launching of NepaliSat-1 Nepal has entered the Space-Era. I wish to congratulate all those scientists and institutions that were involved right from the development to its launching thereby enhancing the prestige of our country. pic.twitter.com\/PpF1PIcQfa<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 K P Sharma Oli (@kpsharmaoli) April 18, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n