Bangabandhu Satellite-1 paragraph


Bangabandhu Satellite-1

The Bangabandhu-1 Satellite is a milestone in scientific research of the country. It is the first Bangladeshi geostationary communications satellite. It is named after the father of the nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. It was launched from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. the USA at 2.14 am on May 12, 2018. The project is being implemented by Bangladesh The Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC). The satellite is expected to be located at the 119.1° East longitude geostationary slot. It is designed and manufactured by Thales Alenia Space and its launch provider is SpaceX. The total cost of the satellite was projected to be 248 million US dollars. Two ground stations for controlling the satellite have already been built at Joydebpur of Gazipur and Rangamati's Betbunia. The satellite has 15 years for mission life span while another three years for its design. The Bangabandhu-1 is a big step forward towards achieving self- dependency. It will open up enormous opportunities providing three types of advantages involving fields of information and communication technology (ICT) and broadcasting industry alongside brightening Bangladesh image. It will save the country a huge amount of foreign currency spent on buying satellite bandwidth from foreign companies. Besides, it will give impetus to telecommunication services and television broadcasting. Moreover, it will also improve meteorological data collection, weather prediction capacity, and mapping of natural resource

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