SUPARCO
National Space Agency of Pakistan
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| January 17 2025 | SUPARCO successfully launched the PRSC-EO1 remote sensing satellite into Low Earth Orbit (LEO) from Jiuquan launch site, demonstrating the agency's capability to manufacture satellites locally. |
| January 14 2025 | SUPARCO was involved in the launch of PAUSAT-1, a 24 kg 16U CubeSat built by Air University Pakistan, launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base via SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on the Transporter 12 mission. |
| 2024 | Pakistan approved the National Space Policy, defining SUPARCO's comprehensive mandate for space activities, including policy development, program management, space infrastructure development, and international cooperation. |
| May 30 2024 | Launch of PakSAT-MM1R, a geostationary communication satellite built by CASC (China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation) and launched from Xichang, which is currently active. |
| May 3 2024 | SUPARCO collaborated with Institute of Space Technology and Shanghai Jiao Tong University to launch ICUBE-Q, a lunar orbiter CubeSat weighing 9.0 kg, from Wenchang. |
| 2023 | Muhammad Yusuf Khan takes leadership of SUPARCO, serving from 2023 to 2025. With a Master of Science from the University of Peshawar, he represents the latest leadership of Pakistan's national space agency. |
| 2019 | SUPARCO participated in the Global Space Congress held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, showcasing an exhibition of their satellite-related projects for the first time. |
| 2018 | Major General Amer Nadeem assumes SUPARCO's leadership, serving from 2018 to 2023. With a BS in Aeronautical Engineering from the Pakistan Army Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, he brought specialized aerospace expertise to the agency. |
| 2016 | Major General Qaiser Anees Khurram becomes SUPARCO's leader, serving from 2016 to 2018. A BS graduate in Mechanical Engineering from the Pakistan Army Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, he continued the military's involvement in space agency leadership. |
| November 21 2013 | SUPARCO launched ICube-1, a 1U CubeSat weighing 1.08 kg, built by the Institute of Space Technology and launched from Dombarovsky 370/13 by Kosmotras. |
| 2010 | Major General Ahmed Bilal takes over SUPARCO's leadership, serving from 2010 to 2016. With a Master of Science in Computer Engineering, he represented a technological progression in the agency's leadership. |
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