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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]
The Bangabandhu Satellite 1 was launched in a joint collaboration with French company, Thales Alenia Space. It is the first satellite owned and operated by Bangladesh. Thales Alenia Space has built ground control stations in Gazipur and Rangamati Districts for the satellite operation.
Bangabandhu Satellite-1: Launched $248 million Falcon 9: Launched in 2018 Bangabandhu Satellite-2: Approved $435 million Bangladesh Satellite Company Ltd (BSCL) has already signed a cooperation contract with Glavkosmos from Russia for the purpose of launching Bangabandhu 2 satellite by December 2023. [55]
Headquarter. The Bangladesh Space Research and Remote Sensing Organization (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ মহাকাশ গবেষণা ও দূর অনুধাবন প্রতিষ্ঠান, romanized: Bangladesh mohakash gobeshona o door onudhabon protishthan), or SPARRSO (Bengali: স্পারসো), is a state agency concerned with astronomical research and the ...
Bangabandhu ('Friend of Bengal') is a popular title of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (1920–1975), a Bangladeshi politician and statesman. Bangabandhu may also refer to: Bangabandhu Satellite-1, a Bangladeshi communications and broadcasting satellite; Bangabandhu Cup, an international football tournament; Bangladesh Air Force Base Bangabandhu at
The existence of the island has been detected in satellite images since 1976. After that the island occasionally wakes up and sinks again. [6] In 1992, while fishing in the sea, a fisherman named Malek Farazi, who was a fan of the first president of Bangladesh, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (widely known as "Bangabandhu"), first discovered the newly awakened island with other two fishermen.
The network began broadcasting in India via DD Free Dish on 2 September 2019, via the Bangabandhu-1 satellite. [ 69 ] [ 70 ] To celebrate BTV's 55th anniversary in 2019, privately owned Channel i organized a special program in its headquarters, which was broadcast on both networks. [ 71 ]
It broadcasts using the Bangabandhu-1 satellite since 2019. [7] [8] On YouTube, Somoy TV 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]