Sri Lanka’s Dragonfly in Space? Orbiting Tomorrow?
Sri Lanka’s third nanosatellite, BIRDS-X Dragonfly, jointly developed by Japan’s Kyushu Institute of Technology (KIT) and Sri Lanka’s Arthur C. Clark Advanced Institute of Technology (ACCIMT), was launched to the International Space Station (ISS) on 24 August 2025 on the SPX-33 SpaceX mission. The satellite is scheduled to be launched into orbit from the ISS…