https://spacewatch.global/tag/pakistan/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Mon, 03 Mar 2025 11:34:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/pakistan/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2025/03/china-to-train-and-select-pakistani-astronauts-for-joint-tiangong-missions/ Mon, 03 Mar 2025 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=64231 China and Pakistan have signed an agreement that will enable the training of Pakistani Astronauts and their eventual flight selections to the Tiangong Space Station for short-term cooperation missions with Chinese astronauts. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/08/the-rocket-and-satellite-company-announced-first-space-launch/ Fri, 14 Aug 2020 11:00:43 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=25194 The Rocket & Satellite Company (TRSC), Pakistan’s first private Space Company announced that they will launch the first Space Launch Vehicle on 14th August 2025 from Pakistan.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/05/the-rocket-satellite-company-pakistans-first-private-space-company-is-ready-to-launch/ Thu, 14 May 2020 05:00:13 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22477 Pakistan's first private space company, The The Rocket & Satellite Company, announced this week that it has registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Government of Pakistan.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/12/uaes-thuraya-and-rockville-technologies-partner-to-provide-satellite-m2m-iot-solutions-in-pakistan/ Tue, 31 Dec 2019 06:00:31 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=18259 Thuraya Telecommunications Company - a subsidiary of the Al Yah Satellite Communications Company, Yahsat, has announced it has signed a Service Partner agreement with Rockville Technologies, one of the leading system integrators and Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) solution providers in Pakistan.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/05/pakistan-signs-space-cooperation-agreement-with-china-to-enable-first-pakistani-astronaut/ Thu, 02 May 2019 05:00:28 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13810 Pakistan signed a space cooperation agreement with China at a ceremony in Beijing held on 27 April 2019 providing a framework for the training of Pakistani astronauts, space science and exploration, as well as the establishment of a Sino-Pakistani space committee that will discuss other cooperative initiatives in space.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/04/indian-space-wars-indias-drdo-head-outlines-counterspace-capability-ambitions/ Tue, 16 Apr 2019 05:00:16 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13466 Following its 27 March 2019 direct-ascent antisatellite (ASAT) missile test that destroyed a target satellite in low-Earth orbit (LEO), the head of India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) – G. Satheesh Reddy – has outlined to Indian media his organisation's counterspace technology ambitions for the coming years.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/03/spacewatchgl-column-chinese-broadcasters-overseas-a-bigger-opportunity-than-meets-the-eye/ Sun, 31 Mar 2019 08:00:17 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13271 By Blaine Curcio and Tianyi Lan China’s recently-rising space industry has caught a huge number of headlines and generated much buzz, including several articles written for this column. For good reason, this has taken many headlines. But a different type of space-related industry has seen Chinese presence abroad for some time—that is, the satellite broadcast industry. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/03/pakistans-suparco-said-to-be-in-talks-with-uae-on-space-cooperation/ Tue, 26 Mar 2019 06:00:12 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13192 Pakistan’s space agency, the Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO), is believed to be in talks with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on developing an agenda for possible space cooperation, according to a senior SUPARCO official quoted in the UAE newspaper Khaleej Times.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/03/spacewatchgl-feature-southeast-asian-space-programmes-capabilities-challenges-and-collaborations/ Wed, 13 Mar 2019 06:00:02 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13008 By Nandini Sarma - In many parts of the world, space technology is being used to improve people’s lives. Apart from their uses for everyday services like weather forecasting, long-distance communications, and GPS systems, the manifold applications of space technology assist in many other ways. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/12/iran-claims-to-have-ssa-radar-capable-of-detecting-satellites-in-leo/ Mon, 31 Dec 2018 06:00:35 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=12160 https://spacewatch.global/2018/12/indian-human-spaceflight-gaganyaan-mission-in-2022-to-orbit-three-astronauts-cost-1-4-billion/ Mon, 31 Dec 2018 06:00:33 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=12163 The Indian government announced on 28 December 2018 that its Gaganyaan human spaceflight mission expected to take place in 2022 will consist of three crew members, last for five to seven days in orbit, and is budgeted for the equivalent of U.S.$1.43 billion, according to Indian media reports.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/11/pakistan-and-china-enhance-space-science-and-technology-cooperation/ Fri, 23 Nov 2018 06:00:03 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=11496 During his recent visit to China, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and his Chinese counterparts signed a number of agreements that commit both countries to space, science, and technology cooperation.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/11/asia-pacific-space-cooperation-organisation-members-celebrate-tenth-anniversary/ Fri, 16 Nov 2018 06:00:18 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=11362 As part of the 10th anniversary celebrations of the Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organisation (APSCO), China intends to promote satellite imagery sharing with other member states for applications such as urban planning, disaster monitoring and assessment, as well as resource management and surveying.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/10/pakistan-to-send-astronaut-into-orbit-by-2022-with-chinese-help/ Fri, 26 Oct 2018 05:00:20 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=11011 Pakistan announced on 25 October 2018 that it will send an astronaut into orbit by 2022 with the help of China, weeks after its arch-geopolitical rival India announced the start of its own human spaceflight programme, Gaganyaan, in cooperation with Russia, France, and other countries.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/10/indias-military-to-create-defence-space-and-cyber-agencies-as-part-of-reforms/ Tue, 23 Oct 2018 05:00:29 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10950 The Indian government's Cabinet Committee on Security has approved the creation of the Defence Cyber Agency, the Defence Space Agency, and the Special Operations Division as part of ongoing defence reforms designed to deal with emerging and new threats, according to government sources quoted in the Indian media.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/10/spacewatchgl-oped-asia-in-space-cooperation-or-conflict/ Wed, 17 Oct 2018 05:00:32 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10873 As the Asian Century takes on an interstellar dimension, who will write the rules of the road? Rajeswari Rajagopalan writes that space will likely be no exception to Asia’s great power rivalries.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/09/china-creates-virtual-ground-stations-in-ten-countries-for-eo-data/ Tue, 25 Sep 2018 05:00:52 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10507 China's Institute of Aerospace Information Research has helped ten countries install virtual ground stations in order to receive remote sensing data, it was announced last week.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/08/pakistans-suparco-takes-control-of-prss-1-and-paktes-1a-from-china/ Fri, 17 Aug 2018 05:00:17 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=9944 Pakistan has taken over control of its Pakistan Remote Sensing Satellite (PRSS)-1 and the PakTES-1A experimental satellite from Chinese operators just over a month after the two satellites were launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in China.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/08/palo-alto-networks-unit-42-identifies-pakistani-hacker-group-dubbed-gorgon-group/ Mon, 06 Aug 2018 05:00:58 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=9782 Unit 42, the cyber security research arm of U.S.-based cyber security company Palo Alto Networks, has identified a Pakistani hacking group they call the Gorgon Group that is engaged in both criminal and nation-state cyber activities.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/08/saudi-arabia-and-pakistan-to-explore-possible-cyber-and-ai-cooperation/ Wed, 01 Aug 2018 05:00:40 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=9662 Pakistan's Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Khan Hasham Bin Saddique, met with Haitham A. Al-Ohali, the Saudi Arabian vice minister of communications and information technology, at his office in Riyadh on 24 July 2018, according to a report in the Saudi Gazette.]]>