How Bangladesh can develop satellite technology?

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Potential of Bangladesh’s space sector. By Abdul M. Ismail.

In recent years there has been a surge in interest from emerging ‘space nations’ wishing to participate in space-related activities. To name a few, Chile, Morocco, Algeria, Nigeria, Egypt, Turkey, Pakistan, Indonesia and Thailand, all commissioned their own national satellite programmes. The initial focus is with Earth Observation (EO) to assist in national development. Another reason is EO satellites are less costly and, therefore, ideal as a starting point. Although EO satellites are classed as technologies that afford dual use (i. e. both civil and military) applications, none of the aforementioned satellites is of high enough resolution to be of any use for surveillance or for urban planning. The specifications of the satellites will only be practical for applications such as agriculture, fisheries, forestry/forest fires, water resources, disaster management and environmental monitoring.

The Space Research and Remote Sensing Organisation (SPARRSO) based in Agargaon, Dhaka is essentially Bangladesh’s “space agency”. Its management, researchers and staff are highly educated, talented and very impressive yet, like many “space” organisations in the Arab and Muslim world. But its maximum potential has yet to have been tapped into due to lack of government interest, low priority or a fundamental deficiency in appreciation of how an investment in space technology and space applications can benefit the nation.

The next logical step would be for the government of Bangladesh to commission a project to develop space technology by investing in the nation’s first EO satellite system, but given its dual use role, it would be more logical for such a project to be managed via the Armed Forces Division and the satellite control centre to be manned and operated by the military. SPARRSO can therefore continue to excel at its current task; that of image interpretation and application.

Preliminary cost analysis conducted by ‘Interplanetary Expeditions’ shows that marketing and interpreting images from a high resolution satellite can generate several times more than the cost of the system and, therefore, over a five-year period, which is the projected design life of such a satellite, the cost to the treasury will be zero.

In conclusion, one should ask oneself, “Do we wish to remain recipients or aspire to become an international contributor to space science and technology?”

If the answer is “yes”, then all that is required is commitment, leadership and most importantly initial funding from the government of Bangladesh because the nation certainly has the talent but without access to the pertinent technology, the true potential of its scientists and engineers cannot be unleashed.

So, in a country like Bangladesh if the Government doesn’t find it as their priority to have own satellite developed then it is nearly impossible for the private entrepreneur to come forward and invest that kind of money in a sector which would not reap them immediate benefit. Let us hope Digital Bangladesh would also have high-reach of space technology to buttress these two complimentary fields!

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