Kathmandu, Aug. 10
India’s Ministry of External Affairs (MEA)
and New Space India Limited (NSIL) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU) on Saturday to provide grant assistance for the launch of Munal satellite
of Nepal.
The MoU was signed by Anurag Srivastava,
Joint Secretary (North) from the MEA and Arunachalam A, Director from NSIL, the
MEA informed in a statement.
Secretary of the Nepal Academy of Science
and Technology (NAST), Dr. Rabindra Prasad Dhakal, Chargé d'affaires of Nepali
Embassy in New Delhi, Dr. Surendra Thapa and Founder of Antarikchya Pratishan
Nepal (APN), Dr. Abhas Maskey were also present at the occasion.
During the visit of the External Affairs
Minister (EAM) to Nepal to co-chair the 7th Joint Consultative Mechanism
meeting in January this year, NSIL and NAST exchanged the Launch Service
Agreement for the launch of Munal Satellite.
Munal Satellite is an indigenous satellite
developed in Nepal, under the aegis of NAST. APN, a Nepali space startup, has
assisted Nepali students in the design and fabrication of this satellite. The
satellite aims to build a vegetation density database of the Earth’s surface.
This satellite is expected to be launched
soon on NSIL’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle.
Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 11 August 2024.
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