Paksat-1R launch in China this week 中国近日将发射巴基斯坦通讯卫星.mp4 BEIJING (INP) - Paksat-1R, a Pakistani geostationary and an advanced communication satellite, is due to be launched in space from a Chinese satellite launching site in Xichang city in the second week of August, depending on weather conditions. Paksat-1R will replace Paksat-1, which is going to complete its useful life this year. "Paksat-1R is going to be a new symbolic development in Pakistan-China relations, as it will broaden the horizons of cooperation between the two countries," said Pakistan's Ambassador to China Masood Khan. In an interview to mark the launch of Paksat-1R, the ambassador said that during Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's visit to Pakistan in December last year, the two governments had decided to deepen cooperation in space science and technology. "The satellite, Paksat-1R, is a big step in that direction," he said, adding, "It will revolutionise the use of broadband Internet, digital television broadcasting and mobile telephony. "It will spur our economy, strengthen the education and health sectors and help us with disaster preparedness and response." Khan held that such cooperation with China would help Pakistan move towards self-reliance. Tracing the history of cooperation between the two countries in the realm of space science, the ambassador said that "it goes back to the 1990s, when Pakistan launched its first low earth orbit satellite Badr-1". Since then, we had been enhancing ...
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