{"id":24433,"date":"2018-05-03T18:42:24","date_gmt":"2018-05-03T18:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2018\/05\/03\/pakistan-pushes-for-homegrown-satellite-development\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T20:38:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T20:38:52","slug":"pakistan-pushes-for-homegrown-satellite-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/digital-show-dailies\/sofex\/2018\/05\/03\/pakistan-pushes-for-homegrown-satellite-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan pushes for homegrown satellite development"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ISLAMABAD \u2014 Pakistan has launched an ambitious satellite program as part of ongoing efforts to wean itself off dependence on foreign-owned assets for civil and military applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pakistan\u2019s domestic space agency, the Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission, or SUPARCO, will receive a budget of just more than $40 million for fiscal 2018-2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of this, some $22 million has been allocated for space centers related to the Pakistan Multi-Mission Satellite in Islamabad, Karachi and Lahore, plus the establishment of a research center in Karachi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>To get all the news about space and strategic systems delivered to your inbox every month, be sure to <a href=\"http:\/\/link.defensenews.com\/join\/5ba\/sign-up\" title=\"\" class=\"\" style=\"\" target=\"_blank\">sign up for our Military Space Report newsletter<\/a>.<\/b><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, the final cost of all three aspects of the project is reported in local media as being in the region of $470 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No response from SUPARCO was forthcoming when asked by Defense News regarding details about foreign cooperation on this endeavor, although existing information on planned remote sensing satellite programs list an electro-optical sensor-equipped satellite, and a synthetic aperture radar-equipped example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An existing communications satellite partially co-developed in Pakistan, PAKSAT-1R, was launched by China Great Wall Industry Corporation in 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt is essential for all countries that they free themselves from dependence on U.S.-location satellite programs,\u201d said Brian Cloughley, author, analyst and former Australian defense attache to Islamabad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI have no doubt this has been [in] the cards for some time and that the Chinese are helping.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Defense News previously reported that Pakistan\u2019s military had access to China\u2019s BeiDou satellite navigation system for military applications, which had special implications for the effectiveness of its sea-based deterrent.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/asia-pacific\/2018\/05\/02\/pakistan-cosies-up-to-russia-but-moscow-doesnt-seem-to-want-to-take-sides\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-921206050.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Pakistan cosies up to Russia, but Moscow doesn\u2019t seem to want to take sides<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Pakistan and Russia have pledged to improve defense ties, but Moscow appears to be trying to balance its South Asia relations rather than abandon its traditional strategic partner India.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pakistan also has a long-standing satellite development agreement with Turkey, which has its own recently unveiled observation satellite program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, at present it is unknown if anything has resulted from this, or if it will be pushed further down the road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cloughley believes it would take a long time to come to fruition, making cooperation with China more likely still.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also, on cost grounds alone for the new program, Cloughley believes it likely that reliance on China will grow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe big question about this development is about where the money is to come from. Pakistan\u2019s economic situation is dire, and commitment to such a program will not meet with [International Monetary Fund] approval. The China connection will probably deepen even further,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whether China\u2019s satellite technology will meet Pakistan\u2019s requirements is unknown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brian Weeden, director of program planning at Secure World Foundation and an expert in space technologies and satellites, is unaware of the details of any satellites China may be building for Pakistan. However, he \u201cwould rate China\u2019s technology in these areas as fairly good.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey\u2019re not yet as capable as the most advanced American or European commercial technology, let alone the U.S. or European military satellites, but the Chinese technology is rapidly improving,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan\u2019s domestic space agency will receive a budget of just more than $40 million for fiscal 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