Pakistan will launch its first space satellite this april.

[alimobin memon]

according to wiki 2011 upcoming events Pakistan will launch its first space satellite.

 

[AUz]

And I got excited that may be Pakistan is launching satellite this April

 

[flameboard]

Wiki is not always right. This will not be Pakistan's first satellite,and it will not be launched in April, instead it will be launched in August.

Pakistan has never launched it's own satellite by itself, that's going to take some time, but it's underway. That would be Pakistan's first satellite launch.

Pakistan will launch communications satellite on August 14, 2011 - ProPakistani




"On March 19, 2005, Pakistan successfully test-fired its Shaheen II missile, which has a range of 1,250 miles. It's designed to carry conventional and nuclear warheads, but would be powerful enough to launch a satellite to orbit. "

-http://www.spacetoday.org/Satellites/Iran/IranianSat.html#pakistan


Pakistan has the technology it just has to implement it.

 

[alimobin memon]

PAKSAT-1R Communication Satellite for august

 

[alimobin memon]

Pakistan Remote Sensing Satellite System (PRSSS) also to be launch in 2011

 

[Jazzbot]

gr8 if true.

 

[farhan_9909]

It may be the remote sensing setellite and Shaheen III SLV test may be..

 

[Major Shaitan Singh]

The project was aimed to enhance the know-how of young scientists and engineers about communication satellite engineering. The philosophy was to design a satellite such as it would fly, however, while implementing the design, use commercial components to keep the cost low since the satellite will only be a functional lab model.

Prototype Paksat-1R is a communication satellite, which has three C-band Transponders as the communication payload. All the subsystems have been designed and developed indigenously. Integration and testing have also been performed. The project was completed in three years time.

The satellite bus comprised the following subsystems:

(i) Computer (based on Intel 80188EB microprocessor)

(ii) Power subsystem with the following main modules:

a. Power Distribution
b. Power Control
c. Battery Charging and Discharging
d. BAPTA

(iii) Telemetry subsystem
a. Microcontroller based
b.FPGA based

(iv) Telecommand subsystem
a. Microcontroller based
b. FPGA based


(v) Attitude and Orbit Determination and Control subsystem

(vi) S-band RF communication subsystem (for telemetry and telecommand)

(vii) Thermal Control subsystem

(viii) Satellite Structure

(ix) Mechanisms for:
a. Antenna Deployment
b. Solar Array Deployment

 

[Christian]

its a misleading title...Pakistan does not have the capability nor does it have a mature space agency.

EDIT: Sorry, didnt realize the launch and tech assistance was being provided by the chinese.

Good luck i suppose.

 

[Super Falcon]

when would we launch satleite for spying and photographs enemy sites

 

[cybertron]

@superfalcon
wats the urgent need
china most probably is providing pakistan with whatever logistic is needed right now.
well it might take a bit more time but best of luck

 

[Last Hope]

The sattellite would be launched by China, which is Pakistani made.
Actually, Wikipedia is for community services and you better dont trust them, until you get some official links to the news.

This news is crap...

To launch satellite pakistan need another decade .... the orginal news is China will launch first pakistan made satellite.

we have done it three decade back.

Aryabhatta was the first satellite launched by India. It was named after the great Indian astronomer of the same name. Aryabhatta weighed 360kg and was launched by the Soviet Union on April 19, 1975 from Kapustin Yar using a Cosmos-3M launch vehicle.

We arent talking about India neither having any comparision, so you keep it out of here.

 

[Super Falcon]

thanx sir cyberton hope pakistan get as soon as possible this spying capabilityies from satellite

 

[farhan_9909]

Pakistani SLV will be tested in 2011..The SLV name is Shaheen III.

Shaheen-III Satellite Launch Vehicle (SLV)
Main article: Shaheen-III

Pakistan began to concentrate to developed its first SLV in sometime in 1998. On March 2001, Science Advisor to the President Abdul Qadeer Khan publicly announced that Pakistani aerospace scientists were in the general process of building the country's first Expendable Satellite Launch Vehicle (SLV) and that the project had been assigned to SUPARCO, which also built the Badr satellites.[8]

Abdul Qadeer Khan also cited the fact that India had made rapid advances in launch technology and satellite manufacture as another motivation for developing an indigenous launch capabilities. Abdul Majid, then-chairman of SUPARCO, confirmed Khan's statement and said "Pakistan envision a low-cost SLV and Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) inroder to launch light-weight satellite into low-earth orbits. Abdul Qadeer Khan also added that" Pakistan has very robust IRBMs which can launch geostationary orbiting satellites. All Pakistan has to do is to erase Delhi or Kolkota from the target and point it towards the sky. Instead of Hydrogen bombs and Atomic bombs the missiles can easily carry a payload of a satellite".[8]

In March 2005, President General Musharraf authorized renewed research and development on an indigenous launch capability, which would be able to orbit a planned domestically built satellite, the PAKSAT-IR. During the IDEAS 2002 defense exhibition Pakdef spotted two similar models of Pakistani Satellite Launch Vehicles.

The first model points out a possible three stage of Satellite Launch Vehicle (SLV). Judging from other similar SLV's, it is estimated that it can place a payload weighing around 80–100 kilogram to an orbit 450–490 kilometers above Earth's surface. However the exact data remains unknown. The second model of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) seems similar to the first model however, with four extra boosters. Many nations with SLV technology developed boosters based on their missile technology. Therefore it is fair to assume that the boosters on the second model might also be based on one of Pakistan's ballistic missiles.[9]

Iran and Pakistan are racing towards space. On January 2004 Iranian authorities reported that their indigenous SLV will soon place a satellite in orbit. While Pakistan, on the other hand, plans to launch an SLV within the next five years. The exact nature of Pakistan’s SLV program remains unknown. However, judging from Pakistan’s ballistic missile technology, it can be said that Pakistan Government and Suparco might just be waiting for the right moment to test Pakistan’s first satellite launch vehicle.

On August 2006, after Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz's official visit to People's Republic of China, Prime Minister Aziz called a meeting of SUPARCO's scientists and engineers, where Prime Minister was briefed by SUPARCO's scientist on the status of the both SLV and PSLV programmes. However, the status of SLV and PSLV are remained unclear.
[edit] Communication satellites

Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[farhan_9909]

when would we launch satleite for spying and photographs enemy sites

this year INSHALLAH.

Pakistan Remote Sensing Satellite - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia