Work is underway to start work on Bangladesh's second artificial satellite very soon after it is finalized. The country's second satellite after Bangabandhu-1 will be an 'Earth Observation Satellite', which will help in surveying the vast oceans, including surveying the country's crop production and flood situation by taking live pictures of the land surface. Bangladesh Communication Satellite Company Limited - BCSCL, hopes that the government will be able to launch the country's second satellite in the current term. The government is considering buying and launching this satellite in the G2G (Government-to-Government) process.
Earth Observation Satellites are used to take pictures of different parts of the Earth's surface and to observe the Earth's surface. The country's first commercial satellite Bangabandhu-1 is a 'geostationary communication' satellite, which is only used for communication.
The BCSCL chairman said, “An agreement
was reached with the French consulting firm Price-Water House Coopers for the
launch of the country's second satellite. Based on the report of the consulting
firm, we have decided that the second satellite will be Earth Observation
Satellite." He said the satellite would provide various benefits, adding
that it would help monitor the country's crop production, flood monitoring and
monitoring the country's vast oceans.
Apart from working in the country, there is also an opportunity to earn money with this satellite. As the Middle East and Africa will be covered by the satellite, it will be possible to earn income by selling various data from those areas. Because not all countries have this type of satellite. In addition to geostationary communication satellites, there are different satellites for various purposes including communication, remote sensing, navigation, geocentric orbit type, polar satellites.
The main consultant for the design of
the system of the country's first artificial satellite Bangabandhu-1 was the
US-based 'Space Partnership International'. After that, the satellite system
was bought from the French company Talis Elenia Space under a contract worth Tk
1,951.85 crore. On 12 May 2018, the Bangabandhu-1 satellite launched from the
launch pad of the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA. Bangladesh
is the 57th country to launch a satellite. Six months after its launch, in
November 2018, Bangladesh fully acquired the ownership and control of
Bangabandhu Satellite-1.
The cost of launching this time will be less than what was spent to launch Bangabandhu-1. There will be no cost after the launch of the second one. It will not be necessary to rent orbital slots. It will not be too high above the surface. The cost of renting the slot will be saved. It is also called LEO or Low Earth Orbit Satellite (LEO satellite).
Bangabandhu-1 was located 36,000 km
away from the launch site. Bangabandhu-1 satellite is addressed in an orbital
slot at 119.1 East longitude. Bangladesh has leased the slot from the
Moscow-based Inter-sputnik International Organization of Space Communications
for 45 years.
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