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The Bangabandhu Satellite-1 (Bangabandhu-1) is the first Bangladeshi geostationary communications and broadcasting satellite. It is named after the first president of Bangladesh, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. It was manufactured by Thales Alenia Space and launched on 12 May 2018 from Kennedy Space Center, USA. [1]
Bangladesh Satellite Company Limited was established on 15 August 2017. The company had been authorized a capital of 50 billion BDT and paid capital of five billion BDT. [5] The decision to form the company was approved at a Cabinet of Bangladesh meeting in July 2017. The company is managed by SPARRSO which is the national space agency of ...
The first artificial satellite launched by Bangladesh "Bangabandhu-1" has been named after Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Longest Bridge of Bangladesh Yamuna Multi-purpose Bridge has been renamed as “Bangabandhu Bridge”. Also, in 1998 AD, the national stadium of Bangladesh located in Gulistan, "Dhaka Stadium", was renamed as Bangabandhu Stadium.
In May 2019, BEXIMCO launched Akash DTH, Bangladesh's first DTH satellite television provider. [29] [30] On 2 October 2019, all Bangladeshi television channels began broadcasting via the Bangabandhu-1 satellite. [31] During the COVID-19 pandemic, both BTV and Sangsad Television broadcast live educational lessons for primary and secondary level ...
Ekhon was licensed as "Spice Television" (Bengali: স্পাইস টেলিভিশন) by the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission in 2017. [5]It commenced experimental broadcasts via the Bangabandhu-1 satellite on 30 July 2021 using the Spice Television name, after it signed an agreement with BSCL on 28 July of that year to use the satellite for broadcasting.
In 2018, Block 5 succeeded the transitional Block 4 version. The maiden flight of the Block 5 launched the satellite Bangabandhu-1 on May 11, 2018. The CRS-15 mission on June 29, 2018, was the last to be launched on a Block 4 rocket, completing the transition to an all-Block 5 fleet. [10] [11]
It broadcasts using the Bangabandhu-1 satellite since 2019. [7] [8] On YouTube, Somoy is the most subscribed Bangladeshi channel, being the first to receive the Diamond Play Button in 2021. [9] Several fact-checking organizations have identified Somoy TV as a significant source of misinformation within Bangladesh. [10] [11]
In 2018, Bangladesh Television began broadcasting through the Bangabandhu-1 satellite, along with several other local television channels. [125] Via the Bangabandhu-1 satellite, the network's television signals can be received in the Middle East and North Africa. [126] BTV World was later shut down on 31 December 2024, being replaced with BTV News.