China to help Pakistan launch satellite

[Spring Onion]

China to help Pakistan launch satellite

ISLAMABAD: China said on Friday that it would provide financial assistance to Pakistan for launching its first satellite and a memorandum of understanding in this connection would be signed next week.
Addressing a press conference, Chinese Ambassador Lou Zhaohui said President Asif Ali Zardari and his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao would meet in New York this month on the sidelines of UN General Assembly.

He said talks between the two leaders would cover bilateral relations as well as regional and international issues. He said that Pakistan’s economy had improved over the last one year and security situation too was improving.

He said China had already given $1 billion to help improve Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserves. — PPI

 

[Choppers]

is it a spy satellite.

 

[Patriot]

I think it's a communication sattelite.

 

[bonuchikla]

Its a good development for South Asia and scientific community in Pakistan and also good news for Pakistani peoples. They are no less than other human race and they should divert their focus , energy and resources more to the science and education.

I dream of Stable and prosperous South Asia and this is one good omen for that.

 

[arihant]

Are you sure it is first satellite. Because India launched it's first satellite in 1965

 

[Patriot]

It is first communication sattelite..we already have one but it's only for weather..This one will also be used for secure communication.

 

[arihant]

It is first communication sattelite..we already have one but it's only for weather..This one will also be used for secure communication.

Then, how current communication depends ? Is it currently dependent on other nations ?

 

[Patriot]

Pakistan has a leased communication satellite, PAKSAT-1, in the 38 degree East longitude geostationary orbit. The government of Pakistan has granted approval for the replacement of PAKSAT-1 by a new communication satellite PAKSAT 1R by 2011. SUPARCO has also developed a prototype of a communication satellite named Prototype PAKSAT-1R and is now developing an Engineering Qualification Model (EQM).

By the end of 2011, Pakistan plans to replace PAKSAT-1 with a new communication satellite PAKSAT-1R which will be manufactured exclusively for Pakistan. The satellite will support all conventional and modern Fixed Satellite Service (FSS) applications. The satellite will have a total of up to 30 transponders: 18 in Ku-band and 12 in C-band. To ensure high degree of reliability / availability of the system, two (02) fully redundant Satellite Ground Control Stations (SGCS) would be established in Karachi and Lahore, one to act as the Main and the other as Backup respectively.

 

[Patriot]

Also working on spy sat..
After successful launching and operation of BADR series of experimental satellites (BADR-1 and BADR-B) in the 1990s and early 2000s, SUPARCO now plans to launch high resolution remote sensing satellite system (RSSS) to meet the national and international user requirements in the field of satellite imagery.

A feasibility and system definition study was concluded in January 2007 which recommended the launch of a constellation of Optical and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Satellites to ensure that the domestic and international user requirements are competitively met. In this respect the RFP for RSSS consultancy services was launched in July 2007. Launch of RFP for the manufacturing of the satellite is planned in the third quarter of year 2008.

RSSS is planned to be a progressive and sustainable program. Initially, SUPARCO plans to launch an optical satellite with payload of 2.5 meter PAN in 700 km sun-synchronous orbit by the end of year 2011, which will be followed by a series of optical and SAR satellites in future. Necessary infrastructure for ground control and image reception and processing is also planned to be setup.

 

[arihant]

From where it will be launch. I mean what is station. What are platform from where it will be launch and what rocket will use by Pakistan Space Organization.

 

[Patriot]

I guess China.

 

[luoshan]

The thread title is misleading.
It should actually read as 'China to build and Launch Satellite for Pakistan and provide financial assistance for the same'
Pakistan is contribution nothing for this project. Even the financing is done by China.

 

[moha199]

The thread title is misleading.
It should actually read as 'China to build and Launch Satellite for Pakistan and provide financial assistance for the same'
Pakistan is contribution nothing for this project. Even the financing is done by China.

If i'm not mistaken, Where does it say that China is building and all nine yards in this project? I would love to see couple of your post like this, full of flames and you will be out pretty soon

 

[DaRk WaVe]

The thread title is misleading.
It should actually read as 'China to build and Launch Satellite for Pakistan and provide financial assistance for the same'
Pakistan is contribution nothing for this project. Even the financing is done by China.

I can smell something is burning....

 

[LCA Tejas]

Its time to grow, Pakistan is now on the right track I guess, Good luck