India's SAARC satellite project to proceed without Pakistan

[gslv markIII]

Don't you think that it is not a very cogent argument on your part considering the fact that Pakistan has not been able to, even after 68 years of independence, produce a decent bike, that anyone on the planet (except for Pakis themselves) is going to believe that Pakis have a mature missile program.

http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/GB.XPD.RSDV.GD.ZS

Entire R&D budget of only $670 mllion :bounce:

 

[Bornubus]

They don't need satellite.They have CPEC.

 

[sorcerer]

No they lie in range also. Last time they told that they have tested a 1500 KM range missile and indian scientists came with the fact that the actual test range was something 260 KM. Look, Pakistanis say that their chinese junk JF17 can beat Su 30 MKI. They are the people of wishful thinking and they start believing firmly which they think it should be.

1500 KM range is the area where the paki missile was scattered .debri..i meant

 

[sorcerer]

Lagging behind: 2040 - Pakistan’s space od[d]yssey


KARACHI:
Fifty years ago, Pakistan’s only Nobel laureate Dr Abdus Salam conceived the idea of the country’s first space research programme and national space agency in 1961.

But today, the only achievement that Pakistan can boast of is the successful launch of its first fully functional communication satellite, the Paksat-1R, whose first anniversary comes this August.

This satellite, however, was not indigenously built. China was behind Paksat-1R’s design, built, launch and even funding; only a few components were built by our engineers.

[Comment:China is always "behind" pak.. Components built by pakis must be screws, nuts ]
India, on the other hand, has been able to launch around 60 satellites to date in spite of launching its space programme eight years after Pakistan. It has even managed to launch its own unmanned lunar probe, the Chandrayaan-1, into orbit in 2008.

So where did we go so wrong in our space programme?

One of the main differences between India and Pakistan’s space agencies is that while one is headed by scientists, the other is currently headed by retired army generals, and has been for the last 11 years.

The space agency of Pakistan too initially was headed by scientists and many prominent names had a significant role. The last civilian scientist to have headed the Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (Suparco) was Dr Abdul Majid, who planned the Paksat communication satellite system and satellite launch vehicle projects.

On his retirement in April 2001, Majid handed over charge to Major General (retd) Raza Hussain, whose tenure lasted till August, 2010.

Since then the Suparco fort is being held by Major General (retd) Ahmed Bilal.
[I read Suparco Fort as Super Fart at first...my bad. ]

On the other hand, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has throughout its history been manned by scientists. Between 2001 and now, India has managed to launch more than 30 satellites. Pakistan for the same period managed only two satellites, including the Paksat-1, which was an acquired dysfunctional satellite and the current full fledged communication satellite Paksat-1R launched by China in 2011.

Early years

It was on Dr Salam’s advice that a Space Sciences Research Wing of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) was established. Later, this wing became known as the Suparco in 1964.

To understand the significance of Salam’s forward thinking, who was then the scientific advisor to President Ayub, one has to take into account the fact that the world’s first satellite Sputnik-1 was launched just recently in 1957 by Russia and the US was yet to plant its first man on the moon.

Salam held a meeting with two PAEC scientists Dr Salim Mehmud and Tariq Mustafa, who were studying abroad in 1960 in Washington, and revealed that the Pakistan government had approved a classified mission to begin its own space research programme. He advised the two young scientists to join NASA to study rocket science.

NASA, during those years, was in a race to put an American on the moon. In this connection, they invited Pakistan along with other countries to participate in their project. NASA provided the two scientists with rocket components to take back home along with training and support on the condition that their findings would be shared.

It was in this connection that the Rahber series of rockets were launched from Sonmiani Rocket Range in June, 1962 that conducted experiments on the Earth’s atmosphere at a height of 130 kilometers. Later, the Shahper series was also launched that conducted experiments at a height of 150kms above the surface of earth.

Also, in the 60s, a Doppler radar tracking station was established in the country as part of a global network.

New facilities and labs were set up that received Spanish beacon satellites, and feeds from an application satellite that had been relocated in 1975 by Nasa over the Indian ocean for one year.

In 1973, American Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene A Cernan (Commander), Ronald E Evans (Command Module Pilot) and Harrison H Schmitt (Lunar Module Pilot) visited Karachi amid great fanfare. It was also during the 1970s that the Islamabad Ionospheric Station within Quaid-e-Azam University was set up and the NASA Landsat ground station was established near Rawat.

Everything, it seemed, was moving in the right direction.

Suparco under Zia

After General Ziaul Haq usurped power, he promulgated the Suparco Ordinance No. XX of 1981, which granted the body autonomous status.

During the same period, a communication satellite project called Paksat was initiated.

Also, a 10-meter diameter satellite ground station for interception of satellite transmissions was set up in 1983 that was mainly designed against India.

A leading scientist told The Express Tribune that back then, the idea was to launch a satellite that could stage a ‘cultural counter attack’ on India with the influx of new Pakistani TV channels.

[comment : hahahahahahhaha...everythingg against INDIA ..No wonder paki is in deep pit always and everywhere in everything they do. ..agenda of destruction than being constructive to own people or nation.]


But when Gen Zia visited the Suparco headquarters in 1984, he announced an abrupt end to the Paksat project citing a lack of funds. It was during this period that many scientists associated with Suparco left the organisation. Funds were frozen, and there was a complete lack of innovation.

[comment: Paki army must have diverted the fund for innovating exploding underwears for paki terrorism industry.]

Satellite mystery

Some scientists, however, refused to quit and carried on. It was during this period that two ground stations in Karachi and Lahore were set up in 1986 in preparation for the launch of Badr-1, which was an experimental low earth orbiting satellite.

It was eventually launched on 16 July 1990 from China using the Long March 2E launcher and completed its designed life for around 35 days.

The country’s second satellite Badr-B was then launched after much delay on 10 Dec 2001 from the Baikonour Cosmodrome, Kazakistan.

An insider within Suparco says that to this day no one knows what exactly happened to the satellite when contact was lost with it. The cause was never fully investigated.

Expired orbital slots

When Pakistan failed to launch its Paksat satellites, the two orbital slots 38 E longitude and 41 E longitude acquired for it in the Geo Synchronous Orbit expired in 1994.

A new application for the allocation of five GSo slots (38E, 41E, 30E, 88E and 101E) was filed. Although granted, Pakistan faced the risk of losing its priority 38 E slot, if it didn’t launch its own satellite by April 2003.

Paksat-I

In December 2002, Pakistan acquired a satellite from the American satellite-building firm Hughes Global Systems (HGS) at a cost of around five million dollars.

HGS had designed a satellite for Indonesia, but after a battery problem occurred making it useless during certain hours of the day, it was sold to Pakistan as Paksat-1.

[Comment: Pakis will BUY anything from flea market..do paint job and call it OWN" ]

Later, General Pervez Musharraf would claim that “Pakistan’s space programme is now ahead of India after the formal launching of Paksat-I and this is due to the hard work of our scientists.”

2040 vision

Suparco chairman Maj Gen (retd) Ahmed Bilal, in an interview with The Express Tribune, said that Pakistani scientists were ‘on a learning curve’ which was why they chose to ‘fast forward’ their expertise with the help of the Chinese for Paksat-1R.

He clarified that China had given a soft loan for Paksat-1R, whereas all the cost of the ground control facilities within Pakistan were borne by the government of Pakistan.

Bilal remained vague on Suparco’s history, saying, “Yes, mistakes were made in the past, but we have to move ahead.”

When asked about the Vision 2040 programme that was approved by the ousted prime minister Yousaf Raza Gilani in January 2012, he said: “we should be able to make, produce and launch our own satellite [in the future]. That is our hallmark [sic].”

He said the Paksat-1R has a life span of 15 years and his suggestion was to have another communication satellite in space by 2021.

“National demands will dictate the number of satellites the country needs,” he said.

He said that Pakistan should have at least three remote sensing satellites that should be launched every three years.

“We will be focusing on different types of remote sensing satellites and their applications in the next seven-eight years.”

But if Suparco’s vision for 2040 is limited to building and launching our own satellite, one wonders how far ahead the rest of the world will be in the space race by then.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 1st, 2012.

http://tribune.com.pk/story/415738/lagging-behind-2040-pakistans-space-oddyssey/
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This sums up paki capabilities ..article from paki source not written by RAW.

@Mods..
We need a "FART ICON" for tagging pakistani farts in the articles.

 

[gslv markIII]

Components built by pakis must be screws, nuts

'A few experimental payloads' to verify SUPARCO’ s satellite development capability.

They have no role in the design or manufacturing of the satellite.

 

[maomao]

Name a country in the world which is part of south Asia and does not want to be called so. Not part of Arab states but wants to be called so?

islamic Arab republic of pakistan??

 

[Compersion]

pakistan reminds me of a clerk that requires a superior to advance. the clerk is devious and trickster and uses ill and evil aways to get the job done. the superior needs to only see the surface where they are pleased. the people around the clerk and nearby see and feel the wrongs and wonder how on earth this clerk gets aways with it. life brings different superiors and different opportunities and each time everyone around the clerk think it must be fate and destiny !! clerk keeps surviving from a different source and making them be pleased. but that is not how fate and destiny works out in the end. the superior of the clerk will see everyone around the clerk will react and over-react and the superiors loose much more for gaining much little.

 

[blueblood]

They don't need satellite.They have CPEC.

Oh hell no, they have DSI and miniature warheads.

Atmi quawwat Pakistan.

 

[sorcerer]

Bangladesh: Govt to Support SAARC Satellite

The government will support India's move to launch a 'SAARC Satellite' provided that it would not affect the business and operational frequency of Bangabandhu satellite. From the onset, Bangladesh was with this initiative, but the local authority has some concerns, said Tarana Halim, state minister for telecom, before leaving for Barcelona to attend the World Mobile Congress.
To resolve the confusion, a specialised committee was formed, which has already given the green light.

The committee held several meetings with experts on the possibility of overlapping frequencies between the two satellites, and came to the decision. The telecom division has forwarded the proposal to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for the final approval.
“We are positive about the SAARC satellite, but at the same time, we need to ensure our own satellite's business as well,” Tarana said.

The government has already taken steps to form a company to run the commercial issues of the Bangabandhu satellite, which will be in orbit before the SAARC satellite.
The Bangabandhu satellite will be launched by December 2017 at a cost of Tk 2,967 crore. French company Thales Alenia Space has already started its process to design the satellite, which will have a lifetime of 15 years.

“If the PM approves the matter, we will then give the official consent to India. We have nothing to worry about. Rather, we can see some positive things from that satellite,” Tarana added. Scheduled to be launched in December from Sriharikota, India, the SAARC satellite will be funded, built, launched and controlled by India. The satellite's lifetime will be of 12 years.
At the SAARC summit in Kathmandu in 2014, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged member countries to join the SAARC communication satellite initiative.

Later, the Indian high commissions sent letters to the SAARC countries, asking everyone to support the common satellite. “This initiative from India is voluntary in nature and the SAARC countries are free to join this initiative,” said the satellite's concept paper.
The SAARC countries will be able to use the satellite for education, health and emergency communication, it added.

The Indian Space Research Organisation also arranged different meetings with member countries to finalise the modalities to develop such a satellite exclusively for regional grouping, but it is yet to be done.
India is yet to apply to the International Telecommunication Union for an orbital slot, as the member countries have not given their approvals. Meanwhile, a senior official of the telecom division said although the two slots are far from each other, there could be a conflict on the issue of landing rights and frequency coordination.

The Bangabandhu satellite will have a capacity of 40 transponders -- one transponder is equivalent to 36 MHz. It has the ability to cover areas from Indonesia and the Philippines to Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.

The SAARC satellite will have a capacity of 12 transponders, with the ability to cover the SAARC region only, according to the concept paper.
Source>>

 

[Indx TechStyle]

Lagging behind: 2040 - Pakistan’s space od[d]yssey


KARACHI:
Fifty years ago, Pakistan’s only Nobel laureate Dr Abdus Salam conceived the idea of the country’s first space research programme and national space agency in 1961.

But today, the only achievement that Pakistan can boast of is the successful launch of its first fully functional communication satellite, the Paksat-1R, whose first anniversary comes this August.

This satellite, however, was not indigenously built. China was behind Paksat-1R’s design, built, launch and even funding; only a few components were built by our engineers.

[Comment:China is always "behind" pak.. Components built by pakis must be screws, nuts ]
India, on the other hand, has been able to launch around 60 satellites to date in spite of launching its space programme eight years after Pakistan. It has even managed to launch its own unmanned lunar probe, the Chandrayaan-1, into orbit in 2008.

So where did we go so wrong in our space programme?

One of the main differences between India and Pakistan’s space agencies is that while one is headed by scientists, the other is currently headed by retired army generals, and has been for the last 11 years.

The space agency of Pakistan too initially was headed by scientists and many prominent names had a significant role. The last civilian scientist to have headed the Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (Suparco) was Dr Abdul Majid, who planned the Paksat communication satellite system and satellite launch vehicle projects.

On his retirement in April 2001, Majid handed over charge to Major General (retd) Raza Hussain, whose tenure lasted till August, 2010.

Since then the Suparco fort is being held by Major General (retd) Ahmed Bilal.
[I read Suparco Fort as Super Fart at first...my bad. ]

On the other hand, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has throughout its history been manned by scientists. Between 2001 and now, India has managed to launch more than 30 satellites. Pakistan for the same period managed only two satellites, including the Paksat-1, which was an acquired dysfunctional satellite and the current full fledged communication satellite Paksat-1R launched by China in 2011.

Early years

It was on Dr Salam’s advice that a Space Sciences Research Wing of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) was established. Later, this wing became known as the Suparco in 1964.

To understand the significance of Salam’s forward thinking, who was then the scientific advisor to President Ayub, one has to take into account the fact that the world’s first satellite Sputnik-1 was launched just recently in 1957 by Russia and the US was yet to plant its first man on the moon.

Salam held a meeting with two PAEC scientists Dr Salim Mehmud and Tariq Mustafa, who were studying abroad in 1960 in Washington, and revealed that the Pakistan government had approved a classified mission to begin its own space research programme. He advised the two young scientists to join NASA to study rocket science.

NASA, during those years, was in a race to put an American on the moon. In this connection, they invited Pakistan along with other countries to participate in their project. NASA provided the two scientists with rocket components to take back home along with training and support on the condition that their findings would be shared.

It was in this connection that the Rahber series of rockets were launched from Sonmiani Rocket Range in June, 1962 that conducted experiments on the Earth’s atmosphere at a height of 130 kilometers. Later, the Shahper series was also launched that conducted experiments at a height of 150kms above the surface of earth.

Also, in the 60s, a Doppler radar tracking station was established in the country as part of a global network.

New facilities and labs were set up that received Spanish beacon satellites, and feeds from an application satellite that had been relocated in 1975 by Nasa over the Indian ocean for one year.

In 1973, American Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene A Cernan (Commander), Ronald E Evans (Command Module Pilot) and Harrison H Schmitt (Lunar Module Pilot) visited Karachi amid great fanfare. It was also during the 1970s that the Islamabad Ionospheric Station within Quaid-e-Azam University was set up and the NASA Landsat ground station was established near Rawat.

Everything, it seemed, was moving in the right direction.

Suparco under Zia

After General Ziaul Haq usurped power, he promulgated the Suparco Ordinance No. XX of 1981, which granted the body autonomous status.

During the same period, a communication satellite project called Paksat was initiated.

Also, a 10-meter diameter satellite ground station for interception of satellite transmissions was set up in 1983 that was mainly designed against India.

A leading scientist told The Express Tribune that back then, the idea was to launch a satellite that could stage a ‘cultural counter attack’ on India with the influx of new Pakistani TV channels.

[comment : hahahahahahhaha...everythingg against INDIA ..No wonder paki is in deep pit always and everywhere in everything they do. ..agenda of destruction than being constructive to own people or nation.]


But when Gen Zia visited the Suparco headquarters in 1984, he announced an abrupt end to the Paksat project citing a lack of funds. It was during this period that many scientists associated with Suparco left the organisation. Funds were frozen, and there was a complete lack of innovation.

[comment: Paki army must have diverted the fund for innovating exploding underwears for paki terrorism industry.]

Satellite mystery

Some scientists, however, refused to quit and carried on. It was during this period that two ground stations in Karachi and Lahore were set up in 1986 in preparation for the launch of Badr-1, which was an experimental low earth orbiting satellite.

It was eventually launched on 16 July 1990 from China using the Long March 2E launcher and completed its designed life for around 35 days.

The country’s second satellite Badr-B was then launched after much delay on 10 Dec 2001 from the Baikonour Cosmodrome, Kazakistan.

An insider within Suparco says that to this day no one knows what exactly happened to the satellite when contact was lost with it. The cause was never fully investigated.

Expired orbital slots

When Pakistan failed to launch its Paksat satellites, the two orbital slots 38 E longitude and 41 E longitude acquired for it in the Geo Synchronous Orbit expired in 1994.

A new application for the allocation of five GSo slots (38E, 41E, 30E, 88E and 101E) was filed. Although granted, Pakistan faced the risk of losing its priority 38 E slot, if it didn’t launch its own satellite by April 2003.

Paksat-I

In December 2002, Pakistan acquired a satellite from the American satellite-building firm Hughes Global Systems (HGS) at a cost of around five million dollars.

HGS had designed a satellite for Indonesia, but after a battery problem occurred making it useless during certain hours of the day, it was sold to Pakistan as Paksat-1.

[Comment: Pakis will BUY anything from flea market..do paint job and call it OWN" ]

Later, General Pervez Musharraf would claim that “Pakistan’s space programme is now ahead of India after the formal launching of Paksat-I and this is due to the hard work of our scientists.”

2040 vision

Suparco chairman Maj Gen (retd) Ahmed Bilal, in an interview with The Express Tribune, said that Pakistani scientists were ‘on a learning curve’ which was why they chose to ‘fast forward’ their expertise with the help of the Chinese for Paksat-1R.

He clarified that China had given a soft loan for Paksat-1R, whereas all the cost of the ground control facilities within Pakistan were borne by the government of Pakistan.

Bilal remained vague on Suparco’s history, saying, “Yes, mistakes were made in the past, but we have to move ahead.”

When asked about the Vision 2040 programme that was approved by the ousted prime minister Yousaf Raza Gilani in January 2012, he said: “we should be able to make, produce and launch our own satellite [in the future]. That is our hallmark [sic].”

He said the Paksat-1R has a life span of 15 years and his suggestion was to have another communication satellite in space by 2021.

“National demands will dictate the number of satellites the country needs,” he said.

He said that Pakistan should have at least three remote sensing satellites that should be launched every three years.

“We will be focusing on different types of remote sensing satellites and their applications in the next seven-eight years.”

But if Suparco’s vision for 2040 is limited to building and launching our own satellite, one wonders how far ahead the rest of the world will be in the space race by then.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 1st, 2012.

http://tribune.com.pk/story/415738/lagging-behind-2040-pakistans-space-oddyssey/
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This sums up paki capabilities ..article from paki source not written by RAW.

@Mods..
We need a "FART ICON" for tagging pakistani farts in the articles.

60 satellites?

That's around 80, 60 more gonna be launched in next 5 years.

 

[Indx TechStyle]

By the way, this is ISRO 2040.
When they(suparco) will have 6 satellites , the stage when India was in late 70s.

 

[Indx TechStyle]

Pakistan out of SAARC Satellite Project - Now, Project to be named "South Asia Satellite"

Pakistan has opted out of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) satellite project.

The move comes even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s proposal to boost space cooperation among South Asian nations evoked overwhelming support from all other members of the eight-nation bloc.

Islamabad conveyed its reluctance to join the project during meetings of the senior diplomats of the member nations of the bloc at Pokhara in Nepal last week. “Pakistan has decided to opt out of the satellite project,” said India’s External Affairs spokesperson Vikas Swarup.

Pakistan’s decision to dissociate itself from the project would mean that the satellite could no longer be named the SAARC satellite. New Delhi, however, already mooted an alternative name for the satellite and it was accepted by other countries – Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Afghanistan, Bhutan and Nepal.

“So it cannot be called a SAARC satellite. It will be a South Asia satellite,” Swarup told journalists in New Delhi.

According to the sources, Islamabad’s representatives their counterparts from India and other South Asian nations at Pokhara that Pakistan itself had advanced space technology and had no interest in the satellite, which India had offered to build and launch for the entire region.

Modi mooted the idea during his maiden visit to the Indian Space Research Organisation’s launch station at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh on June 30 – just a few weeks after he took over as prime minister on May 26, 2014.

Later, while addressing the 18th SAARC summit in November 2014, Modi announced India’s offer to build and launch a satellite, which would benefit all member nations. He said that the satellite should be launched by the end of 2016.

The legal framework for the satellite was laid in September 2015 when Sri Lanka signed the first orbit frequency coordination agreement with India.

New Delhi’s offer to build and launch the satellite is perceived as a strategic move by India to counter China’s plan to boost its space cooperation in with South Asian nations.

Source>>

@Blackwater @HariPrasad-1 @Gessler @Superdefender @Chinmoy @roma @Illusive @Screambowl @SREEKAR @garg_bharat @bengalraider
Chalo bhai log, Jan chhooti.

 

[Chinmoy]

Pakistan out of SAARC Satellite Project - Now, Project to be named "South Asia Satellite"

Pakistan has opted out of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) satellite project.

The move comes even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s proposal to boost space cooperation among South Asian nations evoked overwhelming support from all other members of the eight-nation bloc.

Islamabad conveyed its reluctance to join the project during meetings of the senior diplomats of the member nations of the bloc at Pokhara in Nepal last week. “Pakistan has decided to opt out of the satellite project,” said India’s External Affairs spokesperson Vikas Swarup.

Pakistan’s decision to dissociate itself from the project would mean that the satellite could no longer be named the SAARC satellite. New Delhi, however, already mooted an alternative name for the satellite and it was accepted by other countries – Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Afghanistan, Bhutan and Nepal.

“So it cannot be called a SAARC satellite. It will be a South Asia satellite,” Swarup told journalists in New Delhi.

According to the sources, Islamabad’s representatives their counterparts from India and other South Asian nations at Pokhara that Pakistan itself had advanced space technology and had no interest in the satellite, which India had offered to build and launch for the entire region.

Modi mooted the idea during his maiden visit to the Indian Space Research Organisation’s launch station at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh on June 30 – just a few weeks after he took over as prime minister on May 26, 2014.

Later, while addressing the 18th SAARC summit in November 2014, Modi announced India’s offer to build and launch a satellite, which would benefit all member nations. He said that the satellite should be launched by the end of 2016.

The legal framework for the satellite was laid in September 2015 when Sri Lanka signed the first orbit frequency coordination agreement with India.

New Delhi’s offer to build and launch the satellite is perceived as a strategic move by India to counter China’s plan to boost its space cooperation in with South Asian nations.

Source>>

@Blackwater @HariPrasad-1 @Gessler @Superdefender @Chinmoy @roma @Illusive @Screambowl @SREEKAR @garg_bharat @bengalraider
Chalo bhai log, Jan chhooti.

This is a good geo-strategic move by India and going by the record of ISRO I am quite optimistic of the outcome.

 

[HariPrasad-1]

Pakistan out of SAARC Satellite Project - Now, Project to be named "South Asia Satellite"

Pakistan has opted out of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) satellite project.

The move comes even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s proposal to boost space cooperation among South Asian nations evoked overwhelming support from all other members of the eight-nation bloc.

Islamabad conveyed its reluctance to join the project during meetings of the senior diplomats of the member nations of the bloc at Pokhara in Nepal last week. “Pakistan has decided to opt out of the satellite project,” said India’s External Affairs spokesperson Vikas Swarup.

Pakistan’s decision to dissociate itself from the project would mean that the satellite could no longer be named the SAARC satellite. New Delhi, however, already mooted an alternative name for the satellite and it was accepted by other countries – Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Afghanistan, Bhutan and Nepal.

“So it cannot be called a SAARC satellite. It will be a South Asia satellite,” Swarup told journalists in New Delhi.

According to the sources, Islamabad’s representatives their counterparts from India and other South Asian nations at Pokhara that Pakistan itself had advanced space technology and had no interest in the satellite, which India had offered to build and launch for the entire region.

Modi mooted the idea during his maiden visit to the Indian Space Research Organisation’s launch station at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh on June 30 – just a few weeks after he took over as prime minister on May 26, 2014.

Later, while addressing the 18th SAARC summit in November 2014, Modi announced India’s offer to build and launch a satellite, which would benefit all member nations. He said that the satellite should be launched by the end of 2016.

The legal framework for the satellite was laid in September 2015 when Sri Lanka signed the first orbit frequency coordination agreement with India.

New Delhi’s offer to build and launch the satellite is perceived as a strategic move by India to counter China’s plan to boost its space cooperation in with South Asian nations.

Source>>

@Blackwater @HariPrasad-1 @Gessler @Superdefender @Chinmoy @roma @Illusive @Screambowl @SREEKAR @garg_bharat @bengalraider
Chalo bhai log, Jan chhooti.

That is good. It is country without any substance but a high ego. This is perfectly in line with the Pakistan Musing that how can Muslims live under Hindus ? where the Muslim are born to rule Hindus. Let them not receive cyclone and Tsunami warning and get hurt. We need not unnecessarily forward our hand to get humiliated. Now they have said no, so let it be. Make sure that they are not extended such generous offer once agin. Let whole south Idnia progress except Pakistan. I fore see a time when Nepal and Bhutan shall be ahead of Pakistan very soon. This country had no mention in History and shall not have any future.

 

[Indx TechStyle]

I fore see a time when Nepal and Bhutan shall be ahead of Pakistan very soon

Nepal is already ahead of pakland in HDI and will overtake them in per capita income as well.
Bhutan is slightly ahead of India in per capita income (behind in HDI) but will be overtaken in 8 years.
but gap in between Bhutan and Pak will increase.
Then, imagine gap between India and pak. All muzzies will infiltrate here.
4-5 times her GDP per capita in next 35 years means
gap between India and Pakistan gonna be like US vs Mexico.
:biggrin2:

 

[HariPrasad-1]

Nepal is already ahead of pakland in HDI and will overtake them in per capita income as well.
Bhutan is slightly ahead of India in per capita income (behind in HDI) but will be overtaken in 8 years.
but gap in between Bhutan and Pak will increase.
Then, imagine gap between India and pak. All muzzies will infiltrate here.
4-5 times her GDP per capita in next 35 years means
gap between India and Pakistan gonna be like US vs Mexico.
:biggrin2:

I saw pakis discussing in one Paki news channel than India's GDP shall be 50 time higher than pakistan by 2050. What shall be their status in world against the 50 time bigger economy india?

This translates into 10 time bigger per capita income considering population of Pakistan 1/5 th of indian population that time. Soon Bombay shall surpass whole pakistan in GDP. Gujarat is producing more electricity than whole Pakistan.

 

[Indx TechStyle]

After Pakistan, Afghanistan shows no interest in PM Narendra Modi's satellite project
Can't please everyone.

 

[Chinmoy]

After Pakistan, Afghanistan shows no interest in PM Narendra Modi's satellite project
Can't please everyone.

Afghanistan had never been a part of this project. Actually when Pakistan opted out, then the transponder which was there for Pak has been provided to Afghan based on there interest. But from day 1 they were not been too keen for it.

 

[ezsasa]

After Pakistan, Afghanistan shows no interest in PM Narendra Modi's satellite project
Can't please everyone.

Their transponders are booked on the satellite, they can choose to use them whenever they want in the next 12 years(life of this satellite). Beyond 12 years, they should be able to rent their own transponders.

Any one find this news on afghan news sites, because now a days Indian MSM are usually wrong the first time on many issues?

 

[salute]

After Pakistan, Afghanistan shows no interest in PM Narendra Modi's satellite project
Can't please everyone.

what use of satellites for those afghani donk*ys.