Pakistan to launch remote sensing satellite

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) announces with pride the launch of Pakistan’s Remote Sensing Satellite from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center (XSLC), China, on 31 July 2025.

This satellite is a significant milestone for Pakistan’s space endeavors, greatly increasing Earth observation abilities. It will facilitate a broad variety of national applications, such as precision agriculture to improve yields, tracking infrastructure development and urban expansion, and assisting regional planning.

It will also enhance disaster management capabilities by issuing timely warnings for floods, landslides, and earthquakes, and monitoring glacier retreat and deforestation.

Apart from this, the satellite will assist national development programs like CPEC by mapping the transport networks and determining geohazard risks. Its ability to collect data under diverse environmental conditions makes it an important tool for environmental monitoring and resource management.

This remote sensing satellite’s launch, and its addition to Pakistan’s already robust fleet of remote sensing satellites — PRSS-1, launched in July 2018, and EO-1, launched in January 2025 — will further enhance the nation’s space-based infrastructure, as well as support the National Space Policy and SUPARCO’s Vision 2047, and propel our nation to the vanguard of space technology and innovation.