# Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission *agency . companies* ## Specifications - **operator domains**: ["suparco.gov.pk"] - **country**: Pakistan - **website**: https://www.suparco.gov.pk - **entity type**: company - **last verified date**: 2026-06-20 - **verified by**: agency-doc - **claim status**: unclaimed - **attributes**: {"kind":"agency","operator_domains":"[\"suparco.gov.pk\"]","country":"Pakistan","website":"https://www.suparco.gov.pk"} ## Editorial Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) is Pakistan's national space agency, with official material describing a mandate across space science, technology development, and national space applications [^src-suparco-about-2026]. The organisation traces its origin to a 1961 committee and became an independent commission in 1981; governance references record the National Command Authority in current material and Ministry of Defence in older material [^src-suparco-wiki-2026]. For Earth observation users, SUPARCO is relevant as the national operator behind PRSS-1, PakTES-1A, Badr-B, and the PRSC EO-series constellation [^src-prss1-wiki-2026][^src-paktes-suparco-2026][^src-badrb-eoportal-2026][^src-prsceo1-cgwic-2026][^src-prsceo3-spacenews-2026]. PRSS-1 is an optical remote-sensing satellite supporting natural-resource and CPEC monitoring, while PakTES-1A is an indigenously designed technology-evaluation satellite with an Earth-observation optical payload [^src-prss1-wiki-2026][^src-paktes-suparco-2026]. The PRSC-EO line extends Pakistan's electro-optical Earth-observation capacity, with PRSC-EO1 launched in January 2025 and PRSC-EO3 in April 2026 as part of a three-satellite EO constellation [^src-prsceo1-cgwic-2026][^src-prsceo3-spacenews-2026]. ## Sources - [src-suparco-wiki-2026] | SUPARCO - Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SUPARCO | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-20 Founding (1961 committee, 1981 independent commission), HQ Islamabad, chairman Muhammad Yusuf Khan (2023), full satellite mission list - [src-suparco-about-2026] | About Us - SUPARCO | https://suparco.gov.pk/about-us/ | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-20 Official agency page; mandate and structural overview - [src-prss1-wiki-2026] | PRSS-1 - Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRSS-1 | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-20 2.5 m PAN optical, 700 km SSO 38.28 deg incl, July 9 2018, LM-2C, built by DFH/CAST China; natural resource monitoring, CPEC monitoring - [src-paktes-suparco-2026] | PakTES-1A - SUPARCO official | https://suparco.gov.pk/major-programmes/projects/pakistan-technology-evaluation-satellite-paktes-1a/ | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-20 300 kg, 610 km SSO, EO optical payload, co-launched with PRSS-1 July 9 2018 LM-2C; indigenously designed by SUPARCO - [src-badrb-eoportal-2026] | Badr-B - eoPortal | https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/b/badr-b | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-20 68.5 kg, 1010 km SSO 99.64 deg, Dec 10 2001 Zenit-2 Baikonur, decommissioned 2012; gravity gradient stabilised; EO imaging payload - [src-prsceo1-cgwic-2026] | CGWIC PRSC-EO1 launch January 2025 | https://www.cgwic.com/News/2025/20250117.html | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-20 Launch provider; PRSC-EO1 Jan 17 2025, LM-2D, Jiuquan; first indigenously built electro-optical EO satellite - [src-prsceo3-spacenews-2026] | SpaceNews: China launches PRSC-EO3 for Pakistan - April 2026 | https://spacenews.com/china-launches-prsc-eo3-for-pakistan-lofts-internet-test-and-environment-monitoring-satellites/ | tier=third-party | accessed=2026-06-20 PRSC-EO3 April 25 2026 LM-6 Taiyuan; completes 3-sat EO constellation; AI onboard processing - [src-suparco-budget-ary-2026] | ARY News: Budget 2024-25 Rs65.6 billion proposed for SUPARCO | https://arynews.tv/budget-2024-25-rs65-6b-proposed-for-suparco/ | tier=third-party | accessed=2026-06-20 FY2024-25 proposed budget Rs65.6B - [src-suparco-budget-2526-2026] | Pakistan Today: Rs24 billion SUPARCO development budget FY2025-26 | https://profit.pakistantoday.com.pk/2025/06/04/govt-proposes-rs24-billion-suparco-budget-to-advance-space-missions/ | tier=third-party | accessed=2026-06-20 FY2025-26 development Rs24B; optical RS satellite, lunar, manned mission programs --- Source: https://eo-atlas.org/companies/suparco Maintainer: SpectraWorks B.V. (CC-BY 4.0)