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SL's SupremeSAT costed USD 320mn when India spent USD 263mn for Chandrayaan-3- Sajith
Claiming that India had spent only USD 263 million for the launching of the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft, Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa said today that Sri Lanka had spent USD 320 million for the launch of SupremeSAT in 2012.
He told Parliament that India was successful in launching the Chandrayaan-3 after three attempts of Chandrayaan-1, Chandrayaan-2 and Chandrayaan-3 in 2008, 2019 and 2023 and said that for all three attempts only USD 263 million had been spent.
Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa urged the government to submit a report to Parliament regarding the massive expenditure on SupremeSAT and the success of the project.
"We have plunged down as a country after the launch of the satellite in Sri Lanka instead of landing on the moon," he said.
Leader of the House Susil Premajayantha said he was the Minister of Science, Technology and Research from 2015 to 2018 and that he was unaware of such a satellite being launched in Sri Lanka.(Ajith Siriwardana and Yohan Perera)
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