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China to send Sri Lanka astronaut into space: Breaking news
There is a possibility of Sri Lanka sending an astronaut into space in less than four years.
This historic task has been undertaken by the Sri Lankan company SupremeSAT and China’s state- owned biggest satellite manufacturing institution, Great Wall Corporation.
The agreement will be signed in Beijing where the Chinese company is based.
SupremeSAT Managing Director R M Manivannan said SupremeSAT has already written a new chapter in Sri Lankan history by becoming the first institution in Sri Lanka to own a satellite.
“We have a co-branded satellite with the Chinese company in orbit from last month.
Our next step is the building of our own company satellite at the Great Wall Corporation facility. This would be ready in two years and then it would be the first Sri Lankan owned satellite," he said.
The total investment for this would be around US $ 300 million.
Manivannan said their next aim is to train Sri Lankan youths with space technology and this would be initially done in China. "We will soon call for applications for 'would be astronauts'. After going through their records , we will send them for training to China," he said.
"After three to four years, they will be able to undertake missions in space and sending a Sri Lankan to space would no longer be a dream," he said.
Sri Lanka News | Online edition of Daily News - Lakehouse Newspapers
Space academy to train Sri Lankan astronauts
Sri Lanka will open a space academy to train astrounauts in Koggala next year.
The programme will be launched as a joint venture between Sri Lanka's Supreme Satellite and China’s biggest satellite manufacturing institution, Great Wall Corporation.
A 30 acre land has been demarcated in Koggala and applications to select students would be called soon, SupremeSAT Managing Director R.M. Manivannan said.
Also we will build a satellite ground station in Koggala to oversee our satellite operations.
Sri Lanka Business News | Online edition of Daily News - Lakehouse Newspapers
There is a possibility of Sri Lanka sending an astronaut into space in less than four years.
This historic task has been undertaken by the Sri Lankan company SupremeSAT and China’s state- owned biggest satellite manufacturing institution, Great Wall Corporation.
The agreement will be signed in Beijing where the Chinese company is based.
SupremeSAT Managing Director R M Manivannan said SupremeSAT has already written a new chapter in Sri Lankan history by becoming the first institution in Sri Lanka to own a satellite.
“We have a co-branded satellite with the Chinese company in orbit from last month.
Our next step is the building of our own company satellite at the Great Wall Corporation facility. This would be ready in two years and then it would be the first Sri Lankan owned satellite," he said.
The total investment for this would be around US $ 300 million.
Manivannan said their next aim is to train Sri Lankan youths with space technology and this would be initially done in China. "We will soon call for applications for 'would be astronauts'. After going through their records , we will send them for training to China," he said.
"After three to four years, they will be able to undertake missions in space and sending a Sri Lankan to space would no longer be a dream," he said.
Sri Lanka News | Online edition of Daily News - Lakehouse Newspapers
Space academy to train Sri Lankan astronauts
Sri Lanka will open a space academy to train astrounauts in Koggala next year.
The programme will be launched as a joint venture between Sri Lanka's Supreme Satellite and China’s biggest satellite manufacturing institution, Great Wall Corporation.
A 30 acre land has been demarcated in Koggala and applications to select students would be called soon, SupremeSAT Managing Director R.M. Manivannan said.
Also we will build a satellite ground station in Koggala to oversee our satellite operations.
Sri Lanka Business News | Online edition of Daily News - Lakehouse Newspapers
