Space Technology | MCQs

Explanation

• On July 16, 1990, Pakistan launched its first satellite, Badr-1 (also known as PRSS-1), into space.
• Pakistan becoming the first Islamic country to venture into space exploration.
• It was launched as a secondary payload on a Long March 2E rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center (XSLC) in China.

Explanation

The Emirates Mars Mission is a United Arab Emirates Space Agency uncrewed space exploration mission to Mars.

The Hope probe was launched on 19 July 2020, and went into orbit around Mars on 9 February 2021

. The mission design, development, and operations are led by the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre.

Explanation

Pakistan's first indigenous EO-1 satellite launched into space on 17 January 2025.

Pakistan’s Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO)'s first fully indigenous Electro-Optical (EO-1) satellite was successfully lunched into space from China.

The satellite was launched from China’s Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre, with the event broadcast live from SUPARCO’s Karachi complex, allowing Pakistanis to watch the satellite’s journey into space.

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Explanation

Pakistan's first indigenous EO-1 satellite launched into space on 17 January 2025.

Pakistan’s Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO)'s first fully indigenous Electro-Optical (EO-1) satellite was successfully lunched into space from China.

The satellite was launched from China’s Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre, with the event broadcast live from SUPARCO’s Karachi complex, allowing Pakistanis to watch the satellite’s journey into space.

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Explanation

After the launch of Rehber-1 in 1962 by SUPARCO, Pakistan became the third country in Asia, after Israel and Japan, first country in South Asia, the Islamic world and the tenth in the entire world to launch a rocket into space.