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PRSC-EO1 (Pakistan Remote Sensing Satellite - Earth Observation 1) is an Electro-Optical Satellite developed by Pakistan's Space Agency (SUPARCO). [2] It was launched from China's Jiuquan Satellite Centre on January 17, 2025, [3] [4] by China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC), [5] a subsidiary of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), [6] [7] The PRSC-EO1 is ...
Located in Rawat, near Islamabad, the station has an acquisition zone of approximately 2500 kilometers radius, covering Pakistan and 25 other countries, including those in South Asia, Central Asia, Western Asia, and the Middle East. The SUPARCO Satellite Ground Station acquires and archives data from various earth resources satellites.
The Space & Upper Atmosphere Research Commission, [a] commonly referred to as SUPARCO, is the national space agency of Pakistan. [3]The agency, originally established in 1961 as a committee in Karachi, became an independent commission in 1981. [4]
The Pakistan Remote Sensing Satellite-1 (PRSS-1), is an earth observation optical satellite launched from China's Jiuquan Satellite Centre on 9 July 2018. [ 1 ] History
The satellite will be positioned at 38.2° E orbit slot, covering the mainland and surrounding areas of Pakistan, parts of the Indian Ocean, the Middle East, East Africa, and parts of Europe, with a service life of 15 years. [7] Total deliverable capacity of Ka-Band is 10 Gbps covering whole Pakistan, there is no steerable beam in Ka-HTS payload.
Pakistan's government approved the acquisition on 3 July 2002 [7] and the leasing with Hughes Global Services was agreed on 6 August 2002. [8] The satellite started moving to its new orbital position on 5 December 2002 [ 9 ] and it went through a name change from Anatolia-1 to Paksat-1 on 18 December 2002. [ 10 ]
Badr-B was the second spacecraft and the first Earth observation satellite launched by Pakistan. It was placed into Sun-synchronous orbit on December 10, 2001, at 5:19 PM UTC. [2] The Badr program was decommissioned in 2012 after Badr-B completed its successful mission. The Pakistan Remote Sensing Satellite has replaced the Badr program since ...
Paksat-1R (or Paksat-1 Replacement) is a geosynchronous, communications satellite that was manufactured by China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC) [5] and operated by the Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO), an executive space authority of the Government of Pakistan. [6]