Pakistan has launched its latest remote sensing satellite from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China on July 31, 2025. The satellite is part of SUPARCO’s National Space Policy and Vision 2047. It is expected to reach low Earth orbit in 18 minutes. Pakistani scientists from SUPARCO are monitoring the launch operation on site.
The remote sensing satellite will support disaster management, agricultural monitoring, urban planning, and environmental observation. It will aid in tracking crop yield, infrastructure development, urban sprawl, floods, earthquakes, landslides, glacier melting, deforestation, and geohazards.
The satellite will work in coordination with Pakistan’s existing PRSS-1 and EO-1 satellites to enhance national data-gathering capability. It will also improve planning and response for CPEC projects and other strategic initiatives.
There are 5 functioning satellites of Pakistan in space at present. The new addition reinforces the Earth observation and satellite imagery. It is a part of the long-term space objectives occupied by the country as a part of the SUPARCO vision 2047.
In the future expansion of its operations, SUPARCO aims at developing the launching of more satellites that will assist in transportation networks, collection of environmental data and the management of natural resources. The remote sensing satellite takes a move to eliminate the use of foreign satellite images and collection of indigenous ability in Earth observation.
