First Pakistani astronaut will go into space in 2022: Information Minister

[Zibago]

Pakistan decides to send astronauts into space with Chinese help
Web Desk On Oct 25, 2018 Last updated Oct 25, 2018

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has decided in principle to send its astronauts on a space mission with assistance of China, ARY News reported.

The decision to this regard will be taken during the Federal Cabinet meeting today with Prime Minister Imran Khan in the chair.

The Cabinet will also ratify the space mission proposal soon after discussion on the matter.

The meeting will also approve agreement between Pakistan and China on joint anti-narcotics task force.

In December last year, Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman had announced that Pakistan will be able to send astronauts into space with the collaboration of China in the next two years.

He was addressing the inauguration session of AirTech’17 conference, hosted by Air University in Islamabad. AirTech’17 is the country’s largest technical and scientific Olympiad, being held at the main campus of Air University from December 7 to 10.


China in July this year launched two satellites for Pakistan on a Long March-2C rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, to monitor billion-dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project.

According to XinHua, the PRSS-1 is China’s first optical remote sensing satellite sold to Pakistan and the 17th satellite developed by the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) for an overseas buyer.

The PRSS-1 will be used for land and resources surveying, monitoring of natural disasters, agriculture research, urban construction and providing remote sensing information for the Belt and Road region. It was earlier reported that the satellites were being launched to monitor the development of the $ 50 billion CPEC projects, the agency said.

China and Pakistan had signed an agreement in 2016 for the launch of a special remote sensing satellite this year in 2018.

In April 2016, the Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) and the China Great Wall Industry Cooperation (CGWIC) signed an agreement for the development and launch of the ‘Pakistan Remote Sensing Satellite (PRSS-1) System’.
https://arynews.tv/en/pakistan-decides-to-send-astronauts-into-space-with-chinese-help/

 

[Areesh]

Should send Maulana diesel and Zardari and leave them there

 

[Yaseen1]

good decision once economy will be in good condition they can be send from Pakistan

 

[khansaheeb]

Should send Maulana diesel and Zardari and leave them there

That will be on the next mission!

It will be a great boost for Pakistani science and space students , it will awaken the Pakistani people from their slumber and into the 21st Century.

 

[IceCold]

Good initiative. Pakistan should not stay behind than the rest of the world and PM Khan is the man with a vision. Let us hope he succeeds.

 

[Zibago]

Good initiative. Pakistan should not stay behind than the rest of the world and PM Khan is the man with a vision. Let us hope he succeeds.

Aim should be to send our own satellite from Pakistan by seeking Chinese expertise

 

[Menace2Society]

If Pakistan has rocket technology then whats the bottleneck for sending a rocket into space?

 

[IceCold]

Aim should be to send our own satellite from Pakistan by seeking Chinese expertise

That would involve an SLV project and yes i have always advocated for such a project because I am of the opinion that one day we would need an ICBM because of the constant changing geo strategic scenarios with an Increasingly hostile US. An SLV project would provide us the ground work and knowledge for a future ICBM if we decide to go in that direction. So yes an SLV project should be initiated that would enable us to send our satelites ourselves, moreover the more experience we get in this project, it has a commercial value to it like how India and china does by sending other countries satellites into orbit and last but not the least is what i explained above, an SLV project will supplement our ICBM program. In fact i will go as far as to say that ICBM project can be under disguised as an SLV project.

 

[RealNapster]

Should send Maulana diesel and Zardari and leave them there

Just send them and remember, kuch screw dheely chorny hy

 

[艹艹艹]

That would involve an SLV project and yes i have always advocated for such a project because I am of the opinion that one day we would need an ICBM because of the constant changing geo strategic scenarios with an Increasingly hostile US. An SLV project would provide us the ground work and knowledge for a future ICBM if we decide to go in that direction. So yes an SLV project should be initiated that would enable us to send our satelites ourselves, moreover the more experience we get in this project, it has a commercial value to it like how India and china does by sending other countries satellites into orbit and last but not the least is what i explained above, an SLV project will supplement our ICBM program. In fact i will go as far as to say that ICBM project can be under disguised as an SLV project.

 

[AZ1]

Good to hear such news.

Some one please take nawaz and zardari with them and leave.them there

 

[Zibago]

Just send them and remember, kuch screw dheely chorny hy

Unki kursi nichay laga dena rocket zaya naho hoga

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Plus with US ending its own self imposed ban it wouldnt be much of a problem

 

[Crystal-Clear]

Should send Maulana diesel and Zardari and leave them there

kyun ? ta k wo waha ja k bhi gand machaye .

 

[IbnAbdullah]

Aoa


Good decision. Hopefully it will materialise quickly.

Having Pakistanis in space would hopefully inspire future generations towards science and space exploration.

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[313ghazi]

Really excited about this news. We'll have to see what the details are. It could be a simple case of Pakistani astronauts on a Chinese mission, or we might have our own SLV program (which would be wonderful wonderful news, because later it becomes an ICBM program).

I'd also welcome the news if it means we can load our corrupt into a rocket and fire them all into space.