Satellite Built By Nepali Students Fails Midway During Launch

Kathmandu: The launch of Munal, a satellite built by Nepali students, has failed midway during its mission.

The satellite was scheduled to be launched aboard a rocket from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in India on Monday. However, the mission did not proceed as planned, and the satellite failed during the launch sequence.

Abhas Maskey, director and scientist at Space Institute Nepal, told TechPana that the launch was unsuccessful after reaching the third stage of the rocket.

“The issue was encountered during the third stage prior to payload deployment. It has not been officially declared a failure. However, based on what we have observed, it should be considered a failure,” Maskey said.

Students at the higher secondary level were involved in building the satellite. The project was a joint initiative of the Nepal Academy of Science and Technology, Antarikchya Pratisthan Nepal, and the Indian Space Research Organisation.

If the launch had been successful, the satellite was expected to orbit at an altitude of 800 kilometers above Earth. Munal is a CubeSat developed over two years at Nepal’s first Space Systems Lab.

The lab is based at Kathmandu University High School (KUHS). The project was carried out by nine students from Kathmandu University High School, Chaitanya Secondary School, Azad Secondary School, and Sanjeevani Model Higher Secondary School. Nepali engineers provided technical support throughout the development process.

 

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