‘BRAC Onnesha’ is now orbiting the earth after a successful launch from the ISS on Friday. With the launch, the three talented students of BRAC University – Raihana Shams Islam Antara, Abdulla Hil Kafi and Maisun Ibn Monowar – have written their names in the history book. BRAC Onnesha is shaped like a cube of 10cm edge capable of completing one orbit 400 kilometres above the ground in 90 minutes and passing over Bangladesh four to six times a day. Earlier, on Jun 4, the satellite was taken to the space station from Kennedy Space Centre in Florida on SpaceX Falcon-9 rocket. The launch ceremony, held at 3:10pm Bangladesh time, was witnessed through a live video conference organised at the BRAC University.

Source: bd News24 July 07, 2017 21:00 UTC