Bangladesh needs at least five months to develop the technical set-up necessary to use the South Asia Satellite that was launched in India on Friday. “One of those stations can be used to establish a link with the South Asia Satellite, but it will take at least five months to finish the construction of those stations. The historic occasion has been made better with a surprise- we have leaders of South Asian nations joining us in celebrating this launch,” he tweeted. Leaders from six other South Asian countries who are also part of this project joined in via video conference to address the press. Although first named the “Saarc Satellite,” it was renamed as the “South Asia Satellite” when Pakistan and Afghanistan opted out of the project due to security concerns.

Source: Dhaka Tribune May 05, 2017 18:00 UTC