By The Chief Adviser, Dr. Muhammad Yunus, has approved a proposal to rename Bangabandhu Satellite-1 as Bangladesh Satellite-1. The decision was made during an advisory council meeting on Monday, March 3. A letter signed by Mohammad Rafiqul Islam, Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of Telecommunication and Information Technology, confirmed the approval and requested necessary actions for the name change.Bangabandhu Satellite-1 marked Bangladesh’s entry into the exclusive space club as the 57th country with its own satellite. The government spent approximately Tk 2,902 crore on the project. The satellite was launched on May 11, 2018, from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The renaming decision is expected to align the satellite’s identity more closely with the country’s name.
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Source : jamuna tv
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