Pakistan’s first optical remote sensing satellite to be launched in 2018

[Maxpane]

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[Yaseen1]

u.s is working to launch satelite by using fighter jet which can fly highest possible level in which jet will fly to its maximum height and then launch satelite just like firing a missile.if this become successful it will reduce cost for launching satelites many folds.we should also work on it

 

[BABA AGHORI]

Do we have lunching pad ? or it will be lunch from china ?

You mean launch vehicle ...i believe. Then answer is no .. Pakistan doesn't have a launch vehicle as of now.

 

[sparten]

I doubt India could launch the PRSS-1 even. The heaviest payload India has ever launched is 3.7 tonnes. We are looking at a 5 tonne plus Satellite at least. Certainly China.

 

[Spy Master]

I know...My point was in response to that guy, that its not about capability but our bad policies that vanished away SUPARCO's name as @Zibago suggested.
P.S: you always learn from your past so forgetting it is not a good choice!

LOL , dude its 2017 now

Most likely will be launched by Chinese SLV

 

[Chhatrapati]

I doubt India could launch the PRSS-1 even. The heaviest payload India has ever launched is 3.7 tonnes. We are looking at a 5 tonne plus Satellite at least. Certainly China.

GSLV MK3 can lift 4Ton mass to GTO and 8Ton load to LEO. You are launching a remote sensing satellite to a LEO.

 

[Gryphon]

 

[sparten]

GSLV MK3 can lift 4Ton mass to GTO and 8Ton load to LEO. You are launching a remote sensing satellite to a LEO.

GSAT-19, the only Orbital launch on a GSLV-III was 3.1 Tonnes to LEO and 1.3 tonnes dry mass.

I'll believe those numbers when I see them. The C-25 upper stage has been pretty poor in actual performance.

 

[SBUS-CXK]

Do we have lunching pad ? or it will be lunch from china ?

I don't quite understand. What do you say?

 

[khansaheeb]

Pakistan's performance in the Satellite area field is abysmal and we need to get our fingers out and take it seriously like we did in the nuclear field. Why are we still only sending a satellite every few years and not got a delivery vehicle? Maybe we should put AQ Khan as the head of Suparco and actually achieve results.

 

[GDP Adil Khan Niazi]

The PRSS-1 will join the PakSat-1R, a communications satellite that was launched in 2011.

As per Khurram, the PakSat-1R “is up and running with efficient provision of communication and broadcast services … in the country and neighbouring regions.”

According to SUPARCO, the PRSS-1 will comprise of an electro-optical (EO) system as well as a synthetic aperture radar (SAR). The SAR payload will enable the PRSS-1 to take high-resolution photos.

SUPARCO had signed a development and launch agreement for the PRSS-1 with China Great Wall Industry Cooperation (CGWIC) in April 2016. Ahsan Iqbal, who was then the Planning, Development and Reform Minister, told news outlets that the contract would facilitate the transfer of space technology to Pakistan.

Iqbal had also alluded that the PRSS-1 would contribute to Pakistan’s national security interests, especially in terms of border security and surveillance. The PRSS-1 was scheduled for launch in June 2016, but it now appears that the launch-date was moved-up.



Work towards securing an earth observation satellite began in the late 1990s under the Earth Observation Satellite System (EOSS) program. SUPARCO had intended to deploy the EOSS – which was re-designated to the Remote Sensing Satellite System (RSSS) and then PRSS-1 – by 2015 or 2016.

The PRSS-1 was envisaged as a domestic program developed with technical support from credible foreign satellite manufacturers and solutions providers. There have been hints that the PRSS-1 could be available for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) needs, specifically image intelligence (IMINT).

This avenue certainly has its proponents, most recently Pakistan’s former ambassador to the U.N Munir Akram, who advocated that Pakistan build its ISR net through “satellites, surveillance aircraft and drones.” Though the PRSS-1 – or a follow-on to the PRSS – could provide IMINT, Pakistan has yet to signal intent for a military satellite communications (SATCOM) platform, which would enable it to operate unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) at beyond-line-of-sight range. This would occur by deploying a satellite with X-band transponders.

 

[saurav jha]

Congratulations

 

[POPEYE-Sailor]

I don't quite understand. What do you say?

I m asking about this satellite launch pad

 

[Rafi]

SAR is planned for our earth observation satellites.

 

[Cornered Tiger]

I m asking about this satellite launch pad

We have launch sites at Sonmiani range and other one at Jehlum range, and SLV is under development for the site as well. Dont know about the progress on that