Bangabandhu-1 satellite will now be launched on May 10
Dhaka, May 7 (IBNS): The Bangabandhu-1 satellite will now be launched on May 10, Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) confirmed on Monday.
It is the first ever satellite from Bangladesh.
According to reports, the satellite will be launched by Falcon 9 rocket of US launching firm Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) from Cape Canaveral launching pad of Florida.
The launch will take place at 4:00pm (Florida local time), Md Zakir Hossain Khan, senior assistant director of BTRC told The Daily Star.
The first "fire test" of Falcon 9 rocket was conducted on May 4.
fter analysing the data collected from the test, the final date has been fixed, the BTRC official told the Bangladeshi news paper.
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