Space Research and Remote Sensing Organization, Dhaka

Description:Space Technology applications in Bangladesh started in 1968 through the establishment of APT ground station in the then Atomic Energy Centre. This station was put under SARC of the BAEC. In 1972, Earth Resources Technology Satellite Programme was taken up in Bangladesh with the advent of American ERTS and it was renamed as (BLP) Bangladesh Landsat Programme with the renaming of the programme by NASA. .SPARRSO was created in 1980 by merging SARC and BLP. The National Assembly passed an act in 1991 creating this organization. It is an autonomous organizattion under the Ministry of Defence.
Address:Agargaon, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh
(Space Research and Remote Sensing Organization, Dhaka)