Education Minister, Dr. Myo Thein Gyee said that a state-owned low-orbiting small satellite will be launched at the beginning of 2021.     

The said Myanmar-owned small low -orbiting satellite MMSATS-1 (LOKANAT-1) was built by Hokkaido University and Tohoko University, Japan.     

This low-orbiting satellite (Lokanat-1) will be helpful in the fields of agriculture, forestry, urban and rural planning, marine and oceanography, soil layer, mining industry and metal detecting, meteorology and water resources, and natural disaster planning.     

Dr Myo Thein Gyee said in spite of difficulties due to COVID-19 the satellite was successfully built and we are proud to have arranged to have it launched in February, 2021.     

Work is being done to complete the  mini ground satellite control station, and the mini practical satellite testing station within the month of December.