Bangabandhu Satellite 1 is the first Bangladesh
geostationary communications and broadcasting satellite. It was manufactured by
Thales Alenia Space and launched on 11 May 2018. The project was implemented by
the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC), working hand in
hand with a US-based Space partnership. International LLC and was the first
payload launched by a Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket of Space X Bangladesh Government
formed a government0owned Bangladesh Communication Satellite Company Limited,
BCSCL, to operate Bangabandhu Satellite-1. Bangabandhu-1 was launched from
Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island, Florida, USA and utilized ground
control stations built by Thales Alenia Space with its partner Spectra Primary
Ground station in Gazipur and Secondary Ground station at Betbunia, Rangamati.
The Satellite was initially planned to be launched on
an Airance 5 rocket on 16 December 2017 to celebrate the Victory Day of
Bangladesh. But for want of firm guarantee form Ariane Space for the Date, BRTc
chose Falcon 9 launch vehicle instead. The Satellite is named after the father
of the nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. It carried a total of
40Ku-Band and C-band transponders with a capacity of 1600 megahertz and a
predicted life span to exceed 15 years. It was launched on 11 May 2018. After launching
the Satellite, Bangladesh began to receive the test signal from it on 12 May
2018. In the age of Globalization, Bangabandhu Satellite-1 will undoubtedly
play a significant role not only to digitalize Bangladesh. But also to
Materialize Bangabandhu dream of transforming Bangladesh into one of the most
developed countries in the world in the future.
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