<div dir="ltr"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><tbody style="box-sizing:border-box"><tr style="box-sizing:border-box"><td style="box-sizing:border-box"><div id="gmail-story" style="box-sizing:border-box;width:618.4px;font-size:16px;height:auto;float:left"><h1 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:16pt">NepaliSat-1 launched to ISS</h1><p style="box-sizing:border-box">The <em style="box-sizing:border-box">Kathmandu Post</em> reports Nepal&#39;s first satellite <strong style="box-sizing:border-box">NepaliSat-1</strong> was launhed to the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday, April 17 <br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">As well as carrying an amateur radio payload on 435.375 MHz the 1U CubeSat will also collect information about the country’s topography and earth’s magnetic field. Meanwhile, officials said, the satellite itself will also be studied for developing more advanced satellites in the future.<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">NepaliSat-1 was launched under the ‘Birds-3 satellite launch to International Space Station project’ at 2:31am Wednesday by the Antares rocket which carried the Cygnus cargo aircraft from the Virginia Air and Space Center of National Aeronautics and Space Administration.<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">The NepaliSat-1, developed by two Nepalis, <strong style="box-sizing:border-box">Abhas Maskey KG5WNC</strong> and <strong style="box-sizing:border-box">Hari Ram Shrestha KI5COO</strong>, at Japan’s Kyushu Institute of Technology bears the Nepali flag and the logo of Nepal Academy of Science and Technology. Similar satellites from Japan and Sri Lanka were also launched alongside NepaliSat-1<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">Read the full story at <br style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="https://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2019-04-18/nepals-first-ever-satellite-launched-into-space.html" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none">https://kathmandupost<br style="box-sizing:border-box">.ekantipur.com/news/2019-04-18/nepals-first-ever-satellite-launched-into-space.html</a><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">Some information on NepaliSat-1 can be found in the BIRDS project newsletters <br style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="https://birds1.birds-project.com/files/BIRDS_Newsletter_Issue_No_36.pdf" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none">https://birds1.birds-project<br style="box-sizing:border-box">.com/files/BIRDS_Newsletter<br style="box-sizing:border-box">_Issue_No_36.pdf</a><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">IARU Satellite Frequency Coodination Page <br style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=618" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none">http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.<br style="box-sizing:border-box">php?serialnum=618</a></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>