Bangabandhu Satellite-I is the first Bangladeshi geostationary communications and Broadcasting Satellite. It was manufactured by Thales Alenia Space and launched in May 2018. The project was implemented by Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) working hand-in-hand with US-based Space partnership with International, LLC and was the first payload launched by a Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket of Space X, Bangladesh government formed a government-owned Bangladesh Communication Satellite Company Limited, BCSCL in order to operate Bangabandhu Satellite-1. Bangabandhu-I was launched from Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island, Florida, USA, and utilized ground control stations built by Thales Alenia Space with its partner Spectra Primary Ground Station in Gazipur and Secondary Ground Station at Betbunia, Rangamati. The satellite was initially planned to be launched on an Ariane 5 rocket on 16 December 2017 to celebrate the Victory Day of Bangladesh. But for want of firm guarantee from Arianespace for that date. BTRC chose the Falcon 9 launch vehicle instead. The satellite is named after the father of the nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. It carried a total of 40Ku band and C band transponders with a capacity of 1600 megahertz and a predicted life span to exceed 15 years. It was launched on 11 May 2018. Alter launching the satellite, Bangladesh began to receive a test signal from it on 12 May 2018. In this age of globalization of Bangabandhu Satellite-1 will undoubtedly play a great role not only to digitalize Bangladesh but also to materialize Bangabandhu's dream of transforming Bangladesh into one of the most developed countries in the world in the future.
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