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Bangabandhu-I is currently on its approach to circle after its starting in the early hours of Saturday, making Bangladesh's presentation in the worldwide space society.

The occasion occurred at 2:14am Bangladesh time on Saturday when the nation's first geostationary correspondence satellite began its voyage towards circle from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the USA.

Bird of prey 9, the rocket of American firm SpaceX, began conveying the satellite to the circle from the Cape Canaveral take off platform at 4:14pm US neighborhood time.

A Bangladesh assignment, drove by executive's ICT undertakings consultant Sajeeb Wazed Joy, saw the starting of the satellite, which was unmistakable for around seven minutes in the Florida's reasonable sky.

A huge number of individuals over the world saw the starting, which was broadcast by various TV stations.

"Bangladesh began a brilliant part in the history with the starting of Bangabandhu-1 satellite as it has turned into a glad individual from the satellite club from today," the president said in a message.

PM Sheik Hasina welcomed the comrades for fruitful propelling of Bangladesh's first correspondence satellite into space, saying that it added another turning point to the way of proceeded with headway of the nation.

"Bangladesh entered the space time, with this flawless and fruitful propelling (of the satellite). Bangabandhu-I is our first possess satellite, which is presently on its approach to circle. Euphoria Bangla! Euphoria Bangabandhu!" said executive's ICT undertakings counsel Sajeeb Wazed Joy in a Facebook status, who was driving a Bangladeshi appointment to Florida to witness the satellite propelling.

"On this day I might want to recall father of the country Bangabandhu Sheik Mujibur Rahman who started the undertaking of entering the space age by setting up the nation's first since forever satellite earth station in 1974," said state serve for ICT division Zunaid Ahmed Palak, who likewise saw the occasion from Florida.

He additionally affirmed that the two ground stations in Gazipur and Betbunia have effectively gotten beginning test signs of the Bangabandhu-1 after its starting.

He said propelling of the satellite is a case of innovation drove change of Bangladesh under the administration of head administrator Sheik Hasina and her ICT issues guide Sajeeb Wazed Joy.

The principal propelling endeavor of Bangabandhu-I satellite, nonetheless, was delayed in the early hours of Friday because of 'standard ground framework auto prematurely end'; and the SpaceX made fruitful propelling on Saturday.

With sending the Bangabandhu-I to the circle, Bangladesh has turned into the 57th nation to dispatch a geostationary correspondence satellite.

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) director Shahjahan Mahmood prior said Falcon-9 will pull the 3.7-ton satellite vertically up to 36,000km from the platform before making modifications for circle.

The starting has two stages. The first is the Launch and Early Orbit Phase (LEOP), and the second stage is Satellite in Orbit. The LEOP stage will take 10 days while the second will take 20 days.

Mahmood said in the wake of finishing and voyaging a few procedures, couple of more days will be required to tame the satellite at its Gazipur's Joydebpur and Rangamati's Betbunia ground stations.

Produced by the Thales Alenia Space of France, Bangladesh will work satellite from 119.1 degree East utilizing a payload containing 26 Ku-Band and 14 C-Band transponders to convey centered media communications scope to Bangladesh. One transponder is equal to 36 MHz.

Ku-band covers Bangladesh and its regional region of the Bay of Bengal, India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and the Philippines. C-band covers Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Myanmar, Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and parts of Kazakhstan.

SpaceX had already intended to dispatch the satellite utilizing Falcon-9 rockets on 16 December, 2017, yet the dispatch was delayed because of harm from sea tempest Irma.

The legislature took the Bangabandhu-I anticipate in May 2015 and relegated the Thales Alenia by marking a $248-million arrangement in November same year.

Thales Alenia finished the assembling works of the satellite couple of months back and kept it in a distribution center in Cannes of France. Afterward, on 29 March, the satellite was moved to Florida.

Two ground stations for controlling the satellite have just been worked at Joydebpur of Gazipur and Rangamati's Betbunia. The satellite has 15 years for mission life traverse while an additional three years for its plan.

The satellite will offer video administrations for Direct-to-Home (DTH), e-learning, tele-drug, family arranging, and cultivating while voice administration to cell backhaul and fiasco recuperation, and information benefit for web, SCADA, SOHO and also business-to-business (VSAT).