Mission type Communications and Broadcasting Satellite Operator Bangladesh Communication Satellite Company Limited COSPAR ID 2018-044A SATCAT no. 43463 Website Bangabandhu Satellite Project , Bangladesh Communication Satellite Company Limited, BCSCL Mission duration 15 years Spacecraft properties Bus Spacebus-4000B2 Manufacturer Thales Alenia Space Launch mass ~3,700 kg (8,200 lb) Power 6kW Start of mission Launch date 11 May 2018, 20:14 UTC [1] Rocket Falcon 9 Block 5 [2] Launch site Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A Contractor SpaceX Orbital parameters Regime GEO Longitude 119.09°E Eccentricity 0.0001 Perigee 35789.3 km Apogee 35798.5 km Period 1,436.1 minutes Velocity 3.07 km/s Epoch 6 May 2018 Transponders Band 14 C band , 26 K u band The Bangabandhu Satellite-1 is the first Bangladeshi geostationary communications and Broadcasting Satellite . It...
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