It is named after its founder patron, Sir Arthur C. Clarke, the famous British science fiction author, inventor and futurist.

[7] In 1996, the institute received a 45 cm GoTo Cassegrain reflector telescope as a donation by the Tokyo National Observatory via the Government of Japan.

[9] ACCIMT hosted the 15th Session of the Intergovernmental Consultative Committee on the Regional Space Applications Programme for Sustainable Development (RESAP) in 2011.

Most of its research is aimed at promoting latest technology among government and the private sector industries in Sri Lanka.

[2] It has also launched electronics workshops and astronomy outreach programs for school students in Sri Lanka.

Infrastructure to receive and distribute Earth observation data and a ten-acre site for the proposed National Space Hub is identified in the Megapolis Master Plan for Western Province.