Collaborations Broaden, Developments Begin 2017 marked multiple milestones. ACCIMT signed an MoU with ROSCOSMOS, the Russian Space Agency, on space cooperation. A subsequent MoA with Samara National Research University (formerly SSAU) provided specialized space-engineering training for 17 engineers from ACCIMT, the University of Peradeniya, and the University of Moratuwa. A Cooperative Research Agreement was signed […]

The Collaborative Initiative with SSAU The first international collaboration soon followed. On 17 June 2016, the Director-General of ACCIMT signed an MoU with Samara State Aerospace University (SSAU), Russian Federation, on the sidelines of the 59th session of UNCOPUOS in Vienna. In August 2016, a team of experts headed by Prof Igor Belekonov, Head of […]

Sri Lanka in United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNCOPUOS) Sri Lanka was admitted as a full member of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNCOPUOS), the apex international forum on space. The initiative was spearheaded by ACCIMT, with the support of the Ministry of Foreign […]

Conceptualizing Space Technology Development Program ACCIMT, under the leadership of then Director-General Eng. (Dr.) Sanath Panawennage, submitted the Concept Paper for the programme to the Government. It identified nano-satellite development as the strategic entry point for Sri Lanka into the space domain, positioning collaborative opportunities with international partners at its core. Eng. Dr. Sanath PanawennageFounder […]

BIRDS-X Dragonfly 2U Nano-Satellite Project BIRDS-X Dragonfly, Sri Lanka’s third nano-satellite, collaboratively developed by the Kyushu Institute of Technology (Kyutech), Japan, and the Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Modern Technologies (ACCIMT), Sri Lanka, was carried to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard the SpaceX mission SPX-33 on August 24, 2025. The satellite is scheduled to […]

KITSUNE 6U Cube Satellite Project On 24 March 2022, KITSUNE, a 6U nanosatellite designed and developed under a five-partner international collaboration, was deployed from the International Space Station (ISS). ACCIMT was one of the partners, alongside Kyushu Institute of Technology (Kyutech, Japan)—the nodal partner—Nanyang Technological University (Singapore), Addnics Corporation (Japan), and Harada Seiki Corporation (Japan). […]

RAAVANA-1 1U Cube Satellite Project RAAVANA-1, Sri Lanka’s first nano-satellite — and the first-ever satellite of any kind built by Sri Lankans — was developed by a team of Sri Lankan engineers through an international technology-collaboration project. The project was carried out by the ACCIMT and Kyutech, positioning it within the Kyutech’s BIRDS-3 CubeSat Programme, […]