Pakistan Remote Sensing Satellite
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Pakistan Remote Sensing Satellite
PRSS
Operator
Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission
Major contractors
SUPARCO,
Pakistan
BusCAN-bus
Mission type
Oceanography
Weather satellite
Earth observation satellite
Geographic information system
constellation of Optical
Global navigation satellite system
Optical satellite system
Launch dateEnd year of 2011
Carrier rocket
Shaheen-III
Launch siteUnknown
HomepagePakistan Remote Sensing Satellite
MassUnknown
Power600
W
Orbital elements
RegimeSun-Synchronous,
Circular orbit,
HEO
Inclination38.280o
Apoapsis700 kilometres (430 mi)
Periapsis700 kilometres (430 mi)
Orbital period99.31 minutes
Instruments
Main instrumentsVery High Resolution
Radiometer
Synthetic aperture radar
The
Pakistan Remote Sensing Satellite (
PRS), commercially known as
Remote Sensing Satellite System (RSSS) is a dual purpose
Earth observational and optical satellite which is schedule to launch in 2014 for the replacement of
Badr-II satellite.
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History[edit]
After successful launching and operation of
Badr satellite programme which contained the experimental
Low Earth Observational satellites in the 1990s and early 2000s, SUPARCO launched the work on the high resolution Remote Sensing Satellite (PRSSS) to meet the national and international user requirements in the field of satellite imagery.
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The PRS program is planned to be a progressive and sustainable program with an initial plans to launch an optical satellite with payload of 2.5 meter PAN in 700 km
sun-synchronous orbit by the end of year 2014, 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 set up.
[3] The satellite is underdevelopment process and it is being developed by SUPARCO.
Launch date[edit]
In 2012, the first satellite project has been completed and the development of the satellite is "inches towards its first imaging satellite", according to the Suparco officials speaking to the
The Express Tribune.
[4] Suparco set up its own version of
Global navigation satellite system (GNS) and immediately acquired the
Beidou navigation system of China for this satellite in September 2012.
[5] According to Suparco, the satellite is scheduled to be launch in 2014, and it is visioned to provide help in exploiting the potentials of space technologies for natural resource surveying and environmental monitoring.
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References[edit]
- Jump up ^AFP, Associate Press of Pakistan (August 16, 2011). "Pakistan to launch another Satellite in 2014". Associate Press of Pakistan. Associate Press of Pakistan.
- Jump up ^"SUPARCO to launch another Satellite in 2014". ARY News Network (ARY-NN). ARY Internet Social Group. Tuesday August 16 , 2011 5:29:11 PM. Check date values in: |date= (help)
- ^ Jump up to: abDevelopment of Satellite Facilities
- Jump up ^Irfan Ghauri (May 4, 2012). "Pakistan inches towards its first imaging satellite". The Tribune Express. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
- Jump up ^From Newspaper (26 September 2012). "Suparco set to get global navigation satellite system". Dawn Newspapers. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
- Jump up ^"Pakistan to launch Remote Sensing Satellite in 2014". Pakistan Observer. Retrieved 29 September 2012.