Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission plans to use the launch pad in Florida for the satellite, BTRC Chairman Shahjahan Mahmood said at a media briefing in Dhaka on Wednesday. “We have visited the facility of aerospace manufacturer Thales Alenia Space in France where the satellite is being built. It takes two months to prepare the pad for launching any satellite out of the SpaceX facility in Florida. BTRC signed a loan deal worth Tk 20 billion with Thales Group to buy 'satellite systems.' It signed a Tk 4 billion loan deal with HSBC in September last year for sending the satellite into orbit.

Source: bd News24 November 29, 2017 11:37 UTC