SUPARCO launches Pakistan's space-based augmentation system
“The Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) has introduced Pakistan’s Space-Based Augmentation System (Pak-SBAS), marking a step forward in the country’s satellite-based navigation ca…”
Sat-MM1 satellite. The spokesperson said Pak-SBAS provides accurate and reliable positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) services, enhancing the precision and reliability of satellite-based navigation.
The system is currently being deployed at the Thal Desert Rally, where the technology is helping make vehicle racing safer and faster., the technology is expected to improve navigation accuracy and support safer and more efficient racing operations during the rally.
Meanwhile, a Pakistani astronaut will join China's space station on this year's Shenzhou-24 mission, as part of bilateral cooperation under Beijing's Belt and Road Initiative, Chinese state media reported on Saturday. The first foreign visitor to the space station will participate as a payload specialist in the mission, broadcaster CCTV reported, citing the China Manned Space Agency.
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China has not identified the astronaut, but pilots Zeeshan Ali and Khurram Daud have spent months training at the China Astronaut Research and Training Center in Beijing for a mission. CCTV said that after completing a short-term in-orbit flight, the astronaut will return to Earth aboard the Shenzhou-23 spacecraft.
This marks the first joint spaceflight featuring both Chinese and foreign astronauts in the history of China's manned space program, under Beijing's space diplomacy.
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