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SpaceX Launched 50 More

Starlink Satellites from

Vandenberg

SpaceX has launched 50 Starlink satellites from Space
Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space
Force Base in California. The first stage was recovered
on a drone ship in the Pacific. This was the eight launch
of 2022 and the fourth flight for the Falcon 9 first stage
booster supporting this mission, which previously
supported Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, DART and one
Starlink mission. Starlink service is now available in
Brazil and Bulgaria, bring the number of countries with
Starlink service to 29.

Bangladesh Signs Deal with Russia’s Glavkosmos to Send Bangabandhu-2

Satellite to Space

said, “We are trying. But it’s a technical
matter. You’ve seen even the launch of
Bangabandhu Satellite-1 was delayed
at the last moment after all preparations
were completed. We are ready again. Let’s
see what happens.” The government had
first appointed a consultant and finalized
the type of the satellite after reviewing its
report. “After that, we decided whom we
would appoint to do it and what would
be the scope of cooperation. Now the
memorandum has been signed,” the
minister said. The memorandum will be
valid until the end of 2026, Glavkosmos
said in a statement. “The Parties express
their intentions to establish partnership
relations to develop long-term, effective
and mutually beneficial cooperation in
the field of promotion of products and
services of the Russian space industry
Bangladesh Satellite Company Limited and on May 12, 2018.Jabbar described the deal in the People's Republic of Bangladesh
Glavkosmos, a unit of Russia’s state space for a second satellite three and half years including manufacturing and launch of
corporation Roscosmos, signed the deal after the launch of the first one as a “new Bangabandhu Satellite-2 Earth observation
in a virtual event on Wednesday, Post and milestone”. The government’s electoral satellite system, manufacturing of ground
Telecom Minister Mustafa Jabbar said. manifesto for the telecom sector before infrastructure (satellite ground stations)
Dmitry Loskutov, CEO of Glavkosmos JSC, the 2018 polls included a third submarine for acquiring Earth observation data from
and Shahjahan Mahmood, chairman and cable connection, fifth generation or 5G the Russian and foreign spacecraft, launch
CEO of BSCL, signed the memorandum. communication system and a second services, educational programs in space
Jabbar witnessed the signing. satellite, the minister said. The work on domains, commercial orbital flights and
Bangladesh’s first satellite, Bangabandhu the second satellite had begun in 2019 consulting services,” it added, citing the
Satellite-1, was made by France’s Thales and officials had expected the launch memorandum.
Alenia Space and a SpaceX rocket blasted within 2023. Asked if it will be possible
off from Kennedy Space Center in the US to launch the satellite by 2023, Jabbar

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