Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry said that first Pakistani man will be sent to space in 2022.
A memorandum of understanding has been signed between a Chinese company and SUPARCO. The minister added that it would be the success of the country’s space programme. He added that Chinese assistance would be sought in this matter.
Earlier this year, Pakistan launched two indigenously built satellites into orbit, using a Chinese launch vehicle.
The satellites were launched onboard a Chinese Long March (LM-2C) rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre located at the Gobi desert, China.
One of the satellites launched was a remote sensing satellite (PRSS1) – a dual-purpose Earth observational and optical satellite. With the PRSS1, Pakistan has become one of the few countries to have its own remote sensing satellite in the orbit.
