SpaceX launches most powerful Falcon 9 rocket, carrying Bangladesh’s first communication satellite
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On 11th May 2018, SpaceX launched its most powerful Falcon 9 rocket named Block 5, carrying the first high-orbit communications satellite for Bangladesh named “Bangabandhu Satellite-1” from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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The Block 5 Falcon 9 rocket:
i. The rocket is designed for less maintenance and refurbishment between flights. It has been certified to carry humans to space.
ii. The Block 5 Falcon 9 rocket’s main aim was to propel Bangabandhu Satellite-1 to a geostationary transfer orbit nearly 35,000 km above earth.
iii. Bangabandhu Satellite-1 is a communications satellite for Bangladesh. It will provide video and communications coverage over Bangladesh and its territorial waters in the Bay of Bengal, and in India, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, and Indonesia.
iv. It will also offer broadband connectivity to rural areas in Bangladesh. It has been named after the father of Bangladesh, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
v. It has been designed and manufactured by Thales Alenia Space, France. SpaceX said that the mission would last for a minimum of 15 years.
vi. The rocket has been built to re-fly up to 10 times with minimal refurbishment. After liftoff, the rocket landed on the “Of Course I Still Love You” drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.
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On 11th May 2018, SpaceX launched its most powerful Falcon 9 rocket named Block 5, carrying the first high-orbit communications satellite for Bangladesh named “Bangabandhu Satellite-1” from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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The Block 5 Falcon 9 rocket:
i. The rocket is designed for less maintenance and refurbishment between flights. It has been certified to carry humans to space.
ii. The Block 5 Falcon 9 rocket’s main aim was to propel Bangabandhu Satellite-1 to a geostationary transfer orbit nearly 35,000 km above earth.
iii. Bangabandhu Satellite-1 is a communications satellite for Bangladesh. It will provide video and communications coverage over Bangladesh and its territorial waters in the Bay of Bengal, and in India, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, and Indonesia.
iv. It will also offer broadband connectivity to rural areas in Bangladesh. It has been named after the father of Bangladesh, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
v. It has been designed and manufactured by Thales Alenia Space, France. SpaceX said that the mission would last for a minimum of 15 years.
vi. The rocket has been built to re-fly up to 10 times with minimal refurbishment. After liftoff, the rocket landed on the “Of Course I Still Love You” drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.
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