ISLAMABAD – Pakistan will be launching a PakTES-1A, a remote sensingsatellite (RSS) in July this year, Foreign Office spokesperson Dr MuhammadFaisal said in a postlink> on social mediaon Sunday.
According to Dr Faisal, PakTES-1A, which is an indigenously developedsatellite, weighs 285kg and will be launched at 610km sun-synchronous orbitnext month.
Earlier this year, Beijing had announced it would launch two remote sensingsatellites for Pakistan.
The China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALVT) and Pakistan Spaceand Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) worked jointly on thesatellites. The satellites will be used for geo-monitoring and takingimages from the orbit.
In 2016, China and Pakistan had signed an agreement to launch a specialremote sensing satellite. The main reason for signing the agreement was tomonitor the development of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects.
Currently, three satellites are under design by SUPARCO in collaborationwith different universities throughout China.