Bangladesh's first satellite Bangabandhu-1 in the final flight of space Today, the satellite can be launched at any time between 2 and 12 minutes to 4:00 pm on Thursday.
The satellite will be launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA. Bangladesh will own its own satellites as the 57th country in the world after launch. It will be possible to extend Internet and telecommunications services through this satellite in remote areas of the country. A new dimension will be added to deal with the disaster situation. This satellite can also be used to ensure satellite-based television service (DHT) and national security.
The moment of the Bangabandhu-1 launching of the satellite will broadcast all the private television channels of the country including Bangladesh Television. The Cabinet Division has directed all the district and Upazila administration to take the rare publicity arrangements. Bangabandhu Satellite Launching Institution SpaceX will broadcast live launch moment.
Visitors from two places of Kennedy Space Center will be able to see this launch. A space Apollo Center, distance from the launch site is 6.77 kilometers. The launch scene will also be seen from the Main Visitor Complex of the Kennedy Space Center. Its distance from the launch space is 12 kilometers. A delegation led by Prime Minister's Information Technology Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy will be present at the Kennedy Space Center to witness the momentum of launching the satellite.
The location of the Bangabandhu-1 satellite in space will be 119.1 degrees East longitude. Apart from this orbit, all parts of SAARC countries, Indonesia, Philippines, Myanmar, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Kazakhstan will be covered under this satellite.
The country's first satellite cost is estimated to cost 2, 967 crores. Of this, Tk 1,315 crore has been taken as a loan from the Bangladesh government and the remaining Tk 1,652 crore. The loan has been given by the multinational bank HSBC. However, the cost of implementing the project was Tk 2,765 crore.
This entire work of satellite creation has been implemented under the supervision of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC). This has been done in three steps. These are the creation of a ground structure for satellite building, satellite launch and control of the ground.
The main infrastructure of the Bangabandhu-1 satellite has been created by France's Space Agency Thales Alenia Space. After the construction of the satellite, it was sent to Florida in the United States to launch it on March 30. There is another space research company SpaceX's Falcon-9 rocket, the satellite can go into space today. Though the satellite is ready to work and fly abroad, it will be controlled from Bangladesh. For this, Ground Control Station (Ground Control System) created in Joydebpur of Gazipur will serve as the main center for satellite control. Rangamati Betbunia Ground Station will be used as an alternative.
Start history
The first satellite in Bangladesh started in 2007. At that time Bangladesh requested the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), a UN agency based in the United Nations to give orbit in the space of 102 degrees East longitude. But 20 countries protested against the petition. The matter of this objection has not been resolved yet. Then in 2013, the current orbit of the Bangabandhu-1 satellite was purchased from Russia's Intercaptanak. Bangladesh has been elected to the Council of ITU and has not been able to bring its own orbit yet.
According to the United Nations Office of the United States Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOSSA), until 2017, there were 4,635 satellite satellites in space. The number of satellites is growing at 8 to 10 percent per year. The type of work of these satellites is different. The Bangabandhu-1 satellite will be used for various types of space communication. Such satellites are called 'Geostationary Communication Satellite'. With the rotation of the Earth, the satellite is moving in space.
Khalilur Rahman, Principal Investigator of the country's first Nanosatellite Brac Anbesa, said, "Our boys and girls now have their own ability to create satellites. It is possible to create a custom communication satellite in the country by 2021 if the government gets the cooperation. If Bangabandhu satellite was not created, then nothing would have been done. '
Currently, there are around 30 satellite television channels in the country. These channels are being operated with satellite rentals from different countries of the world including Singaporeans. In all, the cost of channels for satellite rentals is $ 2 million or about 17 billion taka. When the satellite is launched, this satellite rental money will be left in the country. Then there will be an opportunity to earn foreign currency by paying a satellite transporter or capacity for another country. 20 satellites in 40 satellites of this satellite will be kept for rent.
Private television channel Ekattor TV's Managing Director and Chief Editor Mozammel Babu said that it will be difficult to use Bangabandhu Satellite in orbit in the space of the country's television channels. He said in the first light, where Bangabandhu will be installed in a satellite space, it will be for Bangladeshi television.