China on Friday announced plans to promote space cooperation with Pakistana. including the development of space Center launch more satellites To your all-weather ally.
In a white paper titled “China’s Space Program: A 2021 Perspective” issued by the State Council or Union Cabinet, Pakistan several times outlines future expansion plans for China’s growing space industry, which successfully launched missions to the Moon and Mars. Is.
The white paper said that China “will give priority to cooperation in the development of communications satellites for Pakistan and the construction of the Pakistan Space Centre”.
China is currently building its own space station, which is expected to be ready by this year.
In 2018, China helped Pakistan launch two satellites – Pakistan’s first optical remote sensing satellite PRSS-1, and a small observation craft PakTES-1A. In 2019, the two countries signed an agreement on space exploration, marking a new stage in space science cooperation between close allies.
The white paper released on Friday said that China has made in-orbit delivery of Pakistan Remote-Sensing Satellite (PRSS-1), Venezuelan Remote-Sensing Satellite (VRSS-2), Sudan Remote-Sensing Satellite (SRSS-1). has completed. Algerian communications satellite (Alcomsat-1).
China has provided satellite carrying or launching services to several countries such as Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Argentina, Brazil, Canada and Luxembourg.
The white paper states that China has made space products and technology cooperation with countries including Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Argentina, Pakistan and Nigeria.
Beijing will advance the construction and application of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) remote-sensing satellite group.
China has signed cooperation agreements for the BRICS remote-sensing satellite constellation, cooperation with the European Space Agency on Earth observation satellite data exchange, and the China-ASEAN Satellite Information Offshore Service Platform and Remote-Sensing Satellite Data-Sharing Service. Platform has been built. Said it.
China has built satellite data receiving stations with countries such as Bolivia, Indonesia, Namibia, Thailand and South Africa.
The International Lunar Research Station (ILRS), jointly proposed by China and Russia, is expected to be operational by 2035, the official Global Times reported, Wu Yanhua, deputy chief of China’s National Space Administration (CNSA), issued a white paper. .
“The governments of China and Russia are closely working on the ILRS agreements and have basically reached a consensus, and it is expected that the agreement will be signed at the end of this year. After that, a joint declaration on the project national The space will be announced to the world by agencies of both countries,” Wu said.
The white paper says that China will explore more space science in the next five years and continue research and development of programs such as satellites, advanced space-based solar observatory to detect space gravitational wave.
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