Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has given a green signal to manufacturing and launching Pakistan’s own satellite, local newspaper The News reported Sunday.
Pakistan has decided to manufacture the latest communication and surveillance satellite version and launchers indigenously, which would play a crucial role in prosperity and defense of the nation, the report said.
The Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) has been reorganized and its scientists and technicians given the necessary incentives to make greater contribution to thecountry’s entry into space on its own.
Scientists, engineers and technicians of the Commission have started to accomplish the task assigned by the president.
Up till now SUPARCO had been manufacturing weather forecast satellites, the report said.
