A reserch article by Rohitha Rajapaksa, former President Mahinda Rajapaksa's youngest son, has been published in 'The International Journal of Space Law'  

The research article is based on adaptation to space debris mitigation guidelines and space law. 

The article is co-authored by Jagath  K Wijeratne. 

 Rajapaksa was intrumental in launchinh Supreme SAT 01, Sri Lanka's first ever satellite to go into the space. The project was carried out with China's collaboration. 

However, there is a sense of mystery over what happened to the satellite after it was launched, on November 27, 2012.