A private bridge from Sri Lankan engineering to the space economy
Tell us what you want to build with Sri Lankan engineers, researchers or suppliers. Lucky Ranasinghe at MADITECH reads every brief and replies with a first plan.
Four ways in, each with a concrete first step
Sri Lanka has engineers who have built and flown nanosatellites with international partners, a deep electronics and software workforce, and a position in the Indian Ocean. Lanka Space Group turns a vague interest in "space in Sri Lanka" into a project someone can scope, fund and staff.
Space commerce
For companies weighing Sri Lanka as a market, a service base or a source of suppliers.
First stepName the use case, then screen local counterparts before committing capital.
Technology and ground infrastructure
Ground systems, communications, electronics, software, testing and small-satellite work.
First stepCheck site and link requirements against a real mission before anyone makes a location claim.
Research and talent
Connect Sri Lankan engineers, students and labs with companies, universities and mission projects.
First stepAgree one joint technical question and the people who will answer it.
Capital and partnerships
Give investors and strategic partners opportunities they can diligence, with the risks written down.
First stepPick one commercial lane, then review technical readiness, governance and export controls.
The public record of Sri Lankan space work
These are achievements of the Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Modern Technologies (ACCIMT), its partners and the Government of Sri Lanka. Lanka Space Group took no part in them and does not claim them. Each line links to a public page that states it.
| Year | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Outer Space Treaty in force for Sri LankaThe UN Treaty Series records Sri Lanka's instrument for the Outer Space Treaty with effect from 18 November 1986. |
UN Treaty Series, vol. 1501 |
| 2019 | RAAVANA-1Reported as Sri Lanka's first satellite: a CubeSat designed and developed by Sri Lankan engineers in an ACCIMT project within Kyushu Institute of Technology's BIRDS programme. |
Daily FT, May 2019 |
| 2022 | KITSUNEA 6U CubeSat developed by Kyushu Institute of Technology with partners including engineers from ACCIMT, released from the International Space Station on 24 March 2022. |
Kyutech paperDeployment date |
| 2025 | BIRDS-X DragonflyDescribed by ACCIMT as Sri Lanka's third nano-satellite. It reached the ISS on SpaceX's SPX33 cargo mission, launched on 24 August 2025, and was scheduled for release into orbit on 19 September 2025. |
Newswire, Sept 2025 |
Lanka Space Group frames its own work around peaceful commercial, scientific, educational and infrastructure activity, in line with the treaty above.
Why build from Sri Lanka
Geography matters, but a partner who stops at "near the equator" has not done the work. These are the reasons that hold up in diligence.
- Flight experience. Sri Lankan engineers at ACCIMT have contributed to nanosatellites with international partners (Kyutech, KITSUNE).
- Talent. Electronics, software and communications engineers who can plug into a space supply chain.
- Location. A near-equatorial island worth studying for tracking, communications and data relay against real mission requirements.
- Region. An Indian Ocean position between South Asia, Southeast Asia and major shipping lanes.
- Room for private capital. Commercial projects can sit alongside public research capacity instead of competing with it.
Start a partnership brief
Pick who you are and what you want to achieve. The page drafts a first pathway as you go. Send it, and the brief goes straight to Lucky.
- You send the brief. It arrives in Lucky Ranasinghe's inbox at MADITECH.
- Lucky replies by email, usually within two business days, with questions or a first plan.
- Nothing is agreed until both sides sign a written agreement.
Who exists on each side
Listed for context. None of these organisations is a partner of Lanka Space Group, and naming them implies no agreement or endorsement.
In Sri Lanka
- Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Modern Technologies
- The public institution behind the country's nanosatellite work. Not a partner.
- Universities and engineering programmes
- Research, electronics, software, communications and graduates.
- Private technology and manufacturing firms
- Possible suppliers, once qualified against real mission standards.
- Private capital and the diaspora
- Patient capital, market access and relationships abroad.
In the United States and elsewhere
- Commercial space companies
- Satellites, ground segment, software, data and communications.
- Universities and research labs
- Technical collaboration, student programmes and mission research.
- Space investors and strategic capital
- Diligence, venture building and growth capital.
- Government-to-government channels
- Relevant only when a project needs them. Lanka Space Group does not speak for either government.
How this project works
- Private means private
- No claim of government authority, agency status, diplomatic mandate or endorsement.
- Partner means signed
- An organisation is called a partner only after a written agreement exists and it agrees to be named.
- Space-ready means qualified
- A supplier is mapped to the actual standard before anyone calls it mission-ready.
- Peaceful and transparent
- Commercial and scientific work that fits international space law and responsible cooperation.
About this project
Lanka Space Group is a private project of MADITECH LLC, a company based in Washington State, USA. Lucky Ranasinghe built it and answers every brief himself.
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