After visiting the ground station site in Gazipur's Joydebpur on Saturday, she told reporters that the work would end in September. Shafiq Ahmed Chaudhuri, a representative of US-based Space Partnership International or SPI, said 105 people would be needed to run the ground station. SPI is the consulting firm for the project's market evaluation, training and ground station management. Project Director Mohammad Mesbahuzzaman said the work to set up another ground station as a backup in Rangamati's Betbunia was also at the final stage. State Minister Tarana recently visited the facility of Franco-Italian aerospace manufacturer Thales Alenia Space in France where the satellite is being built.

Source: bd News24 July 15, 2017 17:59 UTC