
Bangabandhu Satellite-1 (BS-1) is the first Bangladeshi geostationary communications satellite (57th country in space). The satellite was ordered in November 2015 from Thales Alenia Space, who will build, launch and operate the satellite for the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC). It will be stationed at an orbital slot at longitude 119.1° east with 40 transponders (Ku and C-band, 1 transponder=36 MHz) with a capacity of...