The authorities concerned, including the Bangladesh delegation and SpaceX, held a review meeting in New York over the launching preparation Wednesday morning (local time).
State Minister for Information Tarana Halim, State Minister for Information and Communication Technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak, Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) Chairman Shahjahan Mahmood had attended the meeting.
After the meeting, Tarana said: "SpaceX has informed us that Bangabandhu-1 is ready for launch at the launching pad. If the weather remains favourable, the satellite will be launched around 4:12pm local time."
Zunaid said: "Bangabandhu-1 will start its journey to space right on time."
| Ah... it didn't! Flight Computer shut it down at T-58 seconds. Scrub! Retry on 11th at (Friday) at 14:14 PM EDT. Go to SpaceX.com for a Youtube link to a live feed. Weather is not nice at the landing ship. They might have trouble saving the 1st stage. See photo of ship conditions below. |
Photo of conditions on landing ship.| Block 5 exceeds all NASA requirements for crew. And meets all Air Force requirements. "Goal is to be most reliable rocket ever built." - @elonmusk |
Elon Musk on Block 5 today: