Bangabandhu-1, the first artificial satellite to be launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA. It was suspended just 42 seconds before the scheduled time to start the journey in space due to mechanical errors.
On Friday, the journey of artificial satellite was scheduled to start at 3:45 am on Thursday. Set new timings.
Has been on Saturday midnight. Written by Nazmul Hossain
Bangladesh will be joining the elite club of country's satellites as the 57th country by launching Bangabandhu-1 satellite. Prime Minister's Information Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy, Information Minister Tarana Halim, State Minister of ICT, Junaid Ahmed and Bangladesh Government delegation were present at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday night to witness the historic moment. In addition, more than 500 Bangladeshi people were present. Some of them are residents of the United States, and others from the UK to the United States. On Friday, there was a direct system of satellite launch for visitors from two places of Kennedy Space Center. A space Apollo or Saturn-5 center, distance from the launch site, which is 6.77 km. Apart from this, the Main Visitor Complex of the Kennedy Space Center was also a satellite viewing system. Its distance from the launch site is 12 kilometers.
Countdown started all preparations; But it suspended the computer 42 seconds before launch. State Minister for Information and Communication Technology Junaid Ahmed Palak said the problem was not yet specified. Prior to the launch, there are eight thousand experiments in the test. There was not a big problem anywhere. Hopefully 'minor' will be an error. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's Information Technology Advisor Sajeeb Wazed Joy wrote in the Facebook status, "There is no risk to rocket launch, so this is very normal".
SpaceX said in a tweet message that the launch was postponed due to some technical problems in the last minute. Rockets and satellites are in good condition. The preparations for the launch will begin on Saturday.
However, on Friday night, Bangabandhu-1 satellite launch was announced about 2 hours before the scheduled time of the 'unexpected incident', the launching company SpaceX. Despite all the preparations, due to technical difficulties, the satellite could not be sent to space in the last minute. Exxon CEO Elon Mask hoped for 'best wishes' to the reporters concerned. During the Bangladesh time, on Friday night, at 3:47 pm, there was talk of going to the space of Bangabandhu-1 satellite in Falcon-9 rocket in SpaceX. Later, it is said to increase the time of 15 minutes and launch at 4:00 pm. However, the suspension of the launch at 4:30 pm spacesex. The people of the country watched the TV screen in the night to witness a historic moment. However, technical difficulties were announced a day later the launching company SpaceX
The SpaceX spacecraft will go to space, which is Falcon 9 Block 5. The launch process will be completed in two stages. The first stage will take 10 days to complete and the second phase will take 20 days.
The location of the Bangabandhu-1 satellite in space will be 119.1 degree East longitude. Apart from this orbit, all parts of SAARC countries, Indonesia, Philippines, Myanmar, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan will be covered under this satellite. The country's first satellite cost is estimated to cost 2, 967 crores. Of this, one thousand 315 crore taka has been taken as a loan from the government of Bangladesh and another 1,652 crore taka.
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The Bangabandhu satellite weighing 3.7 tonne was designed and made by French company Thales Alenya Space. And the rocket that is taking it into space has made it to the US SpaceX. Launchpad is from the Launchpad in Florida.