Nepal, Sri Lanka launch their first-ever satellites

Nepal and Sri Lanka on Thursday successfully launched 'NepaliSat-1' and 'Raavana-1', their respective first-ever satellites, into space from the US. Both the satellites were developed under the 'BIRDS-3 Satellite Project'. 'NepaliSat-1' will start rotating around the earth's orbit after a month to collect information about Nepal's topography and the earth's magnetic field.