https://spacewatch.global/tag/paksat-1r/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Tue, 26 Mar 2019 06:00:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/paksat-1r/ 32 32 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/2018/03/2018-active-year-pakistani-space-chinese-help/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 05:00:34 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=7976 Often cast in the shadow of the space activities of its Indian neighbour, Pakistan's space programme is all-too-often ignored. 2018, however, may be the year that Islamabad's space ambitions pass some critical milestones, albeit with help from its other neighbour, China.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2017/10/pakistan-launch-first-earth-observation-satellite-2018/ Tue, 10 Oct 2017 07:10:05 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=5937 Pakistan’s national space agency, the Space and Upper Atmospheric Research Commission (SUPARCO), announced on October 4, 2017, that it expects the first Pakistani dual-use Earth observation satellite, Pakistan Remote Sensing Satellite 1 (PRSS-1), and an experimental satellite, will be launched in March 2018. The launch of PRSS-1 has a potential impact on Middle Eastern geopolitics […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2016/11/pakistan-get-earth-imaging-satellite-china-2018/ Wed, 30 Nov 2016 04:00:53 +0000 http://spacewatchme.com/?p=2239 China Great Wall Industry Corporation announced on 26 November 2016 that it is making inroads into the Middle East’s Earth observation satellite market, and that the remote sensing satellite it is building for Pakistan will be launched in 2018. Speaking on the sidelines of the Symposium on Space International Cooperation Promoting Economic and Social Development […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2016/08/satellite-spectrum-issues-middle-east-interview-hans-juergen-tscheulin/ Sun, 14 Aug 2016 07:00:41 +0000 http://spacewatchme.com/?p=1203 Space and satellites are often treated as an intrinsically exciting and glamorous field of activity. Yet the issue of spectrum requirements, regulatory filings, and spectrum management are all too often considered to be unglamorous, and as a result are unfairly and dangerously ignored. The reality is that without a competent and proper handling of spectrum […]]]>