The vehicle – notably including core 1046, the first Block 5 first stage – will launch the Bangabandhu-1 satellite into a geostationary transfer orbit (GTO). This mission will be the first for ...

Bangabandhu-1, as the satellite is called, is expected to bring state-of-the-art phone, radio, TV, and internet services to the nation of more than 160 million people, as well as surrounding ...

If all goes well on Friday, the rocket's first mission will launch Bangabandhu-1: the first geostationary communications satellite for Bangladesh. Thales Alenia Space, the company that designed ...