New Information on the SUSAT-1 (Student Satellite) Project: Official program 'launch'.
SUPARCO to launch National Satellite Student Programme
SUPARCO is in the process of Launching the First ever National Satellite Student Program to help promote research in space sciences in the country...
A dramatic shortfall in funding and spending cuts has resulted in various space and satellite programs falling behind schedule. ICUBE1 was meant to be launched in April with the Turkish cubesat Turksat-3usat and a few other cubesats from other countries but eventually didn't. No new timeframe...
A dramatic shortfall in funding and spending cuts has resulted in various space and satellite programs falling behind schedule. ICUBE1 was meant to be launched in April with the Turkish cubesat Turksat-3usat and a few other cubesats from other countries but eventually didn't. No new timeframe...
It's a real shame about the lack of funds. China was ready and willing to provide the ht-6m tokamak reactor A real metallic one, not a glass one) for cost. Because of the lack of funds, this project has been pushed back.
Interesting...is the SLV Turkish or just the satellite. It isn't that clear from the video. I mean, countries often put stickers of the flag of the country they are launching the satellite for.
Actually, according to my sources that I cannot reveal, the Shaheen III/SLV is a 3 stage missile with VERY similar dimensions and a range comparable to India's Agni V. A new larger first stage booster has been in development for quite some time.
There is another good book that's come out recently as well by Dr Pervez Hoodbhoy - Confronting the Bomb: Pakistani and Indian Scientists Speak Out.
If anyone has any further info, please post...
Information on SUSAT-1 below
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:Vo3tI0Y2PGMJ:www.ist.edu.pk/student_satellite.html+http://www.ist.edu.pk/student_satellite.html
http://learn.mcs.edu.pk/file.php/1/moddata/forum/2/722/ListOfSUPARCOProjectsForUniversities.pdf
NEW UPDATE
The ICube1 facebook page indicates that the ICUBE1 cubesat will now be launched in April 2013, probably on either a Chinese or Russian vehicle.
There does not seem to be any further information regarding the SUSAT-1 program. Anyone from IST have any information? This is...
NEW UPDATE
The ICube1 facebook page indicates that the ICUBE1 cubesat will now be launched in April 2013, probably on either a Chinese or Russian vehicle.
There does not seem to be any further information regarding the SUSAT-1 program. Anyone from IST have any information? This is...
UPDATE: ICUBE1 is to be launched in Jan 2013 by Interorbital Systems (a launch management company) probably as a Russian payload.
http://interorbital.com/Launch%20Manifest%20Page%20_1.htm
http://www.ist.edu.pk/jst/edition%2011/1.pdf
Susat-1 will likely become the next main indigenous...
This new book is about to be released by Brigadier General (retired) Feroz Khan. If anyone has a copy of the ebook (pdf or epub) version please post it. Looks good.
Eating Grass: The Making of the Pakistani Bomb - Feroz Khan...
I'm starting this post so everyone can update with new information regarding upcoming Pakistani satellites. Here's what I have so far,
IST Projects:
ICube1 - Student nanosat scheduled for launch 20th November 2012 (launch may get pushed back due to problems with Russian Dnepr-1 launch...