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.

History

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 to meet the national and international user requirements in the field of satellite imagery. The PRSS program was planned to be a progressive and sustainable program with an initial plans to launch an optical satellite with payload of 2.5 metre PAN in 700 km

Sun-synchronous orbit A Sun-synchronous orbit (SSO), also called a heliosynchronous orbit, is a nearly polar orbit around a planet, in which the satellite passes over any given point of the planet's surface at the same local mean solar time. More technically, it is ...

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, image reception and processing was also planned to be set up. According to SUPARCO, first satellite of this program was launched in 2018, and it is envisioned to provide help in exploiting the potentials of space technologies for natural resource surveying and environmental purpose.

Launch date

On 9 July 2018 at 03:56:10 UTC, China successfully launched two remote sensing satellites for

Pakistan Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...

, which were launched to monitor progress as they build the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor, an extensive multibillion-dollar infrastructure development project between the two nations. The satellites were named PRSS-1 and PakTES-1A, and were launched from the

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (JSLC; also known as Shuangchengzi Missile Test Center; Launch Complex B2; formally Northwest Comprehensive Missile Testing Facility (); Base 20; 63600 Unit) is a Chinese space vehicle launch facility ( spacep ...

in northwest China using a Long March 2C

launch vehicle A launch vehicle is typically a rocket-powered vehicle designed to carry a payload (a crewed spacecraft or satellites) from Earth's surface or lower atmosphere to outer space. The most common form is the ballistic missile-shaped multistage ...

. The PRSS-1 is China's first optical remote sensing satellite sold to Pakistan. It is the 17th satellite developed by the China Academy of Space Technology for an overseas buyer, while PakTES-1A is an experimental satellite developed by Space & Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO).

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Pakistan to launch remote sensing satellite system

PRSSS to be Launch

Pakistan Remote Sensing Satellite

Pakistan to launch its first Remote Sensing Satellite
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