ISLAMABAD, Dec 10: Pakistan’s second satellite, Badar-II, was successfully injected into the earth orbit at 10:30pm (PST) on Monday from Russian Cosmodrome at Baikonur, Kazakhstan.
The satellite was launched with main Russian meteorological satellite, Meteor3-M on board Zenith-II launch vehicle, in collaboration with the Russian aviation and space agency.
It is orbiting the earth in a near circular sun- Synchronous orbit, according to official sources here.
The satellite has been designed and fabricated by Suparco engineers.
The successful launch of Badar-II has once again demonstrated Pakistani engineers’ capability in the field of space technology, the sources said, adding, that the satellite is in its early operation and system checkout phase.
i think pakistan could have approached india for sending the satellite to its orbit..india can send satellites to orbit at a very cheaper rates than any other nation in this world…
the ongoing tensions and races between both the natoions only create more gaps…
India is not being discussed in this thread. Anymore abating or irrelevent posts in this forum, I'll make sure that your posting privilages are suspended.
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Good job! But Pakistan has to cover a looooootttttttttttttttttttttttttt of ground before they put anything useful up there.
By looking at what BadR-B can do (and cannot do), it will be anywhere up to 7-10 years before Pakistan (with aggressive research) can make something that will be useful up there in space.
But lets not be discouraged, BadR-B is only a stepping stone. This is a phase every nation goes thru. USA, USSR in the 40s and 50s. India in the 70s and 80s. I wish Suparco the very best!
Space and Upper Atmosphere reasearch is the new stepping stone for Pakistan yet with correct funding and support i think we will archive something usefull to send into the Abyss of Space.