Mission type Communications Mission duration 15 years Manufacturer Thales Alenia Space | Website SPARRSO Bus Spacebus 4000 | |
Operator BTRC
Space Research and Remote Sensing Organization (SPARRSO) | ||
The Bangabandhu-1 (BD-1), will be the first Bangladeshi geostationary communications satellite operated by Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) which is scheduled to launch in 2017. It is expected to be located at 119° East longitude geostationary slot. It will be built by Thales Alenia Space. The total cost of the satellite is 248 million US dollars (Tk 1,951 crore). Bangabandhu-1 carries a total of 40 Ku and C-band transponders and capacity of 1600 megahertz with life span of 15 years.
Bangabandhu-1 is scheduled to be launched in December 2017 on a Falcon 9 rocket.
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