Pakistan Remote Sensing Satellite
| Bus | CAN-bus |
|---|---|
| Mission type | Oceanography Weather satellite Earth observation satellite Geographic information system constellation of Optical Global navigation satellite system Optical satellite system |
| Launch date | End of 2018 |
| Carrier rocket | Unknown |
| Launch site | Unknown |
| Homepage | Pakistan Remote Sensing Satellite |
| Mass | Unknown |
| Power | 600 W |
| Orbital elements | |
| Regime | Sun-Synchronous, Circular orbit, HEO |
| Inclination | 38.280° |
| Apoapsis | 700 kilometres (430 mi) |
| Periapsis | 700 kilometres (430 mi) |
| Orbital period | 99.31 minutes |
| Instruments | |
| Main instruments | Very high resolution radiometer Synthetic aperture radar |
The Pakistan Remote Sensing Satellite (PRS), commercially known as Remote Sensing Satellite System (RSSS), is a dual-purpose Earth observational and optical satellite which is scheduled to launch in 2018 for the replacement of Badr-II satellite.[1][2]
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 (PRSSS) to meet the national and international user requirements in the field of satellite imagery.[3]
The PRS program is 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 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 and image reception and processing is also planned to be set up.[3] The satellite is underdevelopment process and it is being developed by SUPARCO.
Launch date
In 2012, the first remote sensing satellite project was completed.[4] Suparco set up its own version of Global navigation satellite system (GNS) and immediately acquired the Beidou navigation system of China for this satellite in September 2012.[5] Currently three Satellites are under Design by SUPARCO in collaboration with University of Engineering & Technology Lahore. According to SUPARCO, first satellite of this program is scheduled to launch in 2017, and it is visioned to provide help in exploiting the potentials of space technologies for natural resource surveying and environmental monitoring.[6]
References
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External links
- 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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