Sri Lanka's space ecosystem, in one place
Sri Lankan engineers have built nanosatellites with international partners, ACCIMT runs Earth-observation work in Sri Lanka, and a national space policy is now being drafted. This site gathers all of it in one place, with a source for every fact.
Sri Lanka Space is an independent public guide made by MADITECH. It is not a government website and does not speak for any government body.
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01 Today
Four things you can point to. Each card says what the source says, how current it is, and links straight to it so you can check.
ACCIMT says it was designated Sri Lanka's National Focal Point for Space Technology Applications in 1994. Its Space Applications Division lists remote sensing and GIS work, including agricultural drought monitoring, Earth-observation data distribution, land-use mapping and crop monitoring.
ACCIMT describes RAAVANA-1 as Sri Lanka's first nanosatellite and the first satellite built by Sri Lankan engineers. It says the satellite operated in orbit for 27 months.
ACCIMT was one of five partners in KITSUNE, a 6U nanosatellite. ACCIMT says it was deployed from the International Space Station on March 24, 2022.
ACCIMT says Sri Lanka's third nanosatellite was carried to the ISS aboard SpaceX CRS SPX-33 on August 24, 2025. Its page still describes deployment as scheduled, so we do not say it is in orbit.
02 Timeline
A short record, kept honest. When a source adds a date, so do we.
ACCIMT says it was designated National Focal Point for Space Technology Applications.
Source: ACCIMT, opens in a new tabThe first satellite built by Sri Lankan engineers, ACCIMT says. In orbit for 27 months.
Source: ACCIMT, opens in a new tabDeployed from the ISS on March 24, with ACCIMT as one of five partners.
Source: ACCIMT, opens in a new tabCarried to the ISS aboard SPX-33 on August 24. Deployment not confirmed by the source.
Source: ACCIMT, opens in a new tabOn May 18 the Cabinet approved appointing an expert committee to formulate a National Space Policy.
Source: Cabinet Office, opens in a new tab
An idea, drawn. Not a building.This picture imagines what a public space for Sri Lankan space work could feel like. Nothing in it exists, and it is not a plan. Everything else on this page is sourced fact.
Illustration03 Find your way in
No sign-ups and no invented programmes. Each card points at the best public place to begin, and our form covers the rest.
ACCIMT's Space Applications page shows real remote sensing and GIS work, a good base for a class or a project topic.
ACCIMT Space Applications (opens in a new tab)Start with ACCIMT's Earth-observation and data-distribution work, then read its mission pages for RAAVANA-1, KITSUNE and Dragonfly.
ACCIMT Space Applications (opens in a new tab)ACCIMT's Space Applications Division is the clearest public view of the work already under way. For anything it does not answer, write to us.
ACCIMT Space Applications (opens in a new tab)The policy work begins with the Cabinet decision of May 18, 2026 to appoint an expert committee for a National Space Policy.
The Cabinet decision (opens in a new tab)KITSUNE shows how Sri Lanka has worked with partners before. ACCIMT's account of that mission is a useful first read.
ACCIMT on KITSUNE (opens in a new tab)Every fact on this page links to its source. If you need a source we have not listed, or want to check a line, ask us.
Ask us for a source04 How we handle facts
If we cannot link it, we do not print it.
When we repeat what an institution says about its own work, we write "ACCIMT says".
Pictures and possibilities are marked as illustration, never passed off as fact.
Spot something wrong or out of date? Tell us and we will fix it.
05 The Lanka Space family
These are independent sites in the same MADITECH project, exploring ideas. None of them is a government body.
Links open in a new tab. Each site is made by MADITECH and none speaks for any government.
06 Questions
No. Sri Lanka Space is an independent public guide made by MADITECH. It is not a government website, does not speak for any government body, and is not affiliated with or endorsed by one.
Yes. ACCIMT describes RAAVANA-1 (2019) as the first satellite built by Sri Lankan engineers; it says it operated in orbit for 27 months. ACCIMT was also one of five partners in KITSUNE, deployed from the ISS in 2022. Read ACCIMT on RAAVANA-1.
Its Space Applications Division lists remote sensing and GIS work, including agricultural drought monitoring, Earth-observation data distribution, land-use mapping and crop monitoring. See the division's page.
On May 18, 2026 the Cabinet approved appointing an expert committee to formulate a National Space Policy. Read the Cabinet decision.
Not by the source. ACCIMT says BIRDS-X Dragonfly was carried to the ISS aboard SPX-33 on August 24, 2025, but its page still describes deployment as scheduled. We will update this when the source does. Check ACCIMT's page.
Lucky Ranasinghe at MADITECH. You can reach him through the form below or at [email protected].
07 Contact
Questions, corrections, or ideas for collaboration. Messages go to Lucky Ranasinghe at MADITECH.
[email protected]Sri Lanka Space is built and kept up to date by Lucky Ranasinghe. Write to [email protected].