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SUPARCO AND ITS ROLE IN SOCIO-

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFPAKISTAN

IMRAN IQBAL, MEMBER (SPACE APPLICATIONS & RESEARCH),SUPARCO



SUPARCO

National Space Agency of Pakistan



A Space Science Research Group was established, onadvice of Dr. Abdul Salam, the Nobel Laureate, Chief Scientific Advisor to the President of Pakistan on 16th Sep

1961

Successfully launched on 07 June, 1962 a two stagescientific rocket ”Rehber-I” in collaboration with NASA.Thus Pakistan had the honor of becoming the third countryin Asia and the 10th in the world to conduct similarlaunchings

An independent full fledged space commission “SUPARCO”

was established on 21st May 1981

History



Space Program

Pursue R&D activities in space science, space technologyand allied fields for achieving the objective of self-reliance

Enhance indigenous capabilities in space technology andpromote peaceful applications of space sciences forsocioeconomic development of the country

Prepare and propose long term as well as short termspace programs and plans to the government

Advice the government in all space related matters

Liaise with national & international agencies



Design and development of experimental & operationalsatellites

Operation of ground stations to receive data from EO,environmental and meteorological satellites

Infrastructure and capability to utilize EO data for socio-economic development

Capacity for ground, rocket and satellite based research inspace & atmospheric sciences

Facilities for acquisition & processing of ionospheric & geomagnetic data

Capabilities & Achievements



Establishments


http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/pakistan-national-space-agency-pdf 7/31SUPARCO Headquarters



Satellite Research & Development Center


http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/pakistan-national-space-agency-pdf 9/31Satellite Ground Station



Socio-Economic Development



Pakistan, a large and populous country faces anumber of problems such as:

Poverty, hunger

Over population, low literacy rate, healthcare

Energy and water issues

Inadequate telecommunication infrastructure

Space technology provides rapid & affordable solution

Socio-economic development



Socio-economic development

Agriculture & food security

Environment & climate change

Natural disaster monitoring Forestry

Water resources management

Cryosphere

Urban planning

Land use/land cover planning

Coastal echo system

Space based communication services



Agriculture



On the request of Ministry of Food & Agriculture, a satellite

based system has been developed for monitoring of

countrywide crops

The system provides crop area, yield and production

estimations for both summer and winter crops

The crops covered are wheat, cotton, rice and sugarcane

Operational since 2007

Monitoring of Crops through Satellite Technology



Monitoring of Crops through Satellite Technology

Meteonetwork

Satellites

Fieldobservers

Maps andDatabases

Agriculturalstatistics

Weather

Crop stage

Vegetationindex

Referencedata

Currentagricultural

data

Farminputs

AreaStationYield

DistrictYield

Production

Areaaveraging

YieldFunction

Agrometeorologicalmodel

EstimatingCrop

Production



Environment & climate change



Country ‘s strategic environmental assessment

Feasibility study for development of transportrelated pollution control plan Karachi

Indoor pollution study in Northern Areas

Baseline (Ambient Air Quality) Study in Major

Cites of Pakistan

Fog Aerosol Characterization, Source

Apportionment and Impacts Study

Environmental impact assessment of hydelpower projects

Environmental Monitoring

Major Traffic CorridorsKarachi



Government of Pakistan approved a project to assessthe increasing trend of winter dense fog in Punjab

The objectives were

Identification of major sources contributing to theformation of dense winter fog

Role of pollutants and their transformation to densefog/ haze episodes

Health and Agriculture impact assessment

Fog aerosol characterization, source apportionment andimpact assessment





Natural Disaster Monitoring



Since the earthquake of 2005 SUPARCO has

provided satellite imagery, damage assessment

maps and other information to the disaster

management and mitigation agencies

The turnaround time from a disaster occurring in

Pakistan to the provision of imagery is less than24 hours

Disaster Monitoring and Mitigation Support



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Major Landslides in Muzaffarabad



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Major Landslides in Muzaffarabad



Hunza LakeTemporal analysis of water

accumulation . The water discharge

started on 30 May 2010

3 D i f H l k



3-D view of Hunza lake



Flood/Rain Extent - 10 Sep 2010

Flood/Rain Extent - 21 Sep 2010

Flood/Rain Extent - 16 Aug 2010

Flood/Rain Extent - 31 July 2010

Flood/Rain Extent - 27 Aug 2010

KARACHI

AFGHANISTAN

INDIA

IRAN

WarsakDam

Tanda Dam

Khanpur Dam

Tarbela Dam

ManglaDam

Chashma BarrageRasool Barrage

MaralaHeadworks

Qadirabad

Trimmu Barrage Balloki Headworks

Sidhnai HeadworksTaunsaBarrage

Islam Headworks

Punjnad Headworks

Guddu Barrage

Sukkur Barrage

Kotri Barrage

ISLAMABAD

QUETTA

LAHORE

Swat

Gilgit

CHINA

SUPARCO: Area under floods: 22 Sep 2010



Crop Area

Inundated Crop Area

Crop Damage AssessmentSUPARCO: Area under floods: 22 Sep 2010



Food & Agriculture Organization (UN-FAO)

United Nation Office of Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA)-Regional Support

Office of Space based Information for Disaster & Emergency Response

(UN-SPIDER) program

United Nations Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UN-COPUS)

United Nations Economic & Social Commission for Asia & the Pacific

(UN-ESCAP)

Asia Pacific Space Cooperation Organization (APSCO)

International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)

Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

World Data Center for Solar-Terrestrial Physics, NOAA,USA

International Cooperation



Bilateral and multilateral cooperation

Joint research projects Capacity building and technology upgradation

Scientific & technical trainings

International Cooperation



THANK YOU

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