The Bangabandhu satellite, Bangladesh’s first, received the green light at a cabinet meeting in 2015. 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 to send the satellite into orbit. The satellite is expected to save Tk 14 million a year that is currently spent on renting foreign satellites. First mission is Bangabandhu-1 pic.twitter.com/tXRHQd6O20 — Robin Seemangal (@nova_road) May 4, 2018The ground stations for the satellite have been built at Gazipur’s Joydebpur and Rangamati’s Betbunia.

Source: bd News24 May 07, 2018 05:03 UTC