50 Years Celebration Logo of SUPARCO (from 1961 to 2011)
Monday
SUPARCO National Poster Making Competition: Next 50 Years in Space
On the occasion of 50th anniversary of Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO), Pakistan’s national space agency, SUPARCO is organizing a National Poster Making Competition. Students between 8 and 11 years of age (as on April 27, 2011) are invited to design a poster on the theme “Next 50 Years in Space”.
1st Prize: Rs.15,000
2nd Prize: Rs.10,000
3rd Prize: Rs.5,000
Poster Rules
Poster should be on paper of minimum A3 size (11″ x 16″) and maximum A2 size (16″ x 22″)
Means of drawing / painting: pencil, crayon, water color, oil painting, computer drawing, etc. Photos are not acceptable. Posters should be 2 dimensional only (no elevation or pasting of any kind allowed)
The poster must not include words or slogans and must not represent any particular individual, organization, or brand name.
Each poster must have the name of the participant, age and school’s name and address in English on the back of the poster.
General Rules
- Schools desirous of participation are required to register with SUPARCO (details at the bottom).
- Only one Poster per school may be submitted for competition.
- A poster should be an individual effort of a child.
- Deadlines for registration and Entry submission are April 7, 2011 and April 27, 2011 respectively.
- All Posters submitted for competition shall become the property of SUPARCO.
- Winning posters could be sent for international level poster competition.
- The results would be available on SUPARCO website by June 30, 2011.
Registration form available at www.suparco.gov.pk.
Submit your entries to:
GH Coordinator (Training Division),
Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO),
Sector 28, Gulzar-e-Hijri, Scheme 33, Off University Road, Karachi 75270,
P.O. Box 8402.
E-mail: am.sc (at) suparco (dot) gov (dot) pk
Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO),
Sector 28, Gulzar-e-Hijri, Scheme 33, Off University Road, Karachi 75270,
P.O. Box 8402.
E-mail: am.sc (at) suparco (dot) gov (dot) pk
Sunday
SUPARCO will launch Pakistan's latest satellite Paksat-1R at this year on 14 August 2011, developed by CGWIC China and Consultant of this satellite is Telesat Canada
KARACHI: Pakistan will launch its telecommunication satellite “PakSat 1R” on August 14, 2011. The satellite will replace the current telecommunication satellite developed by Hughes System.
SUPARCO will launch Pakistan's latest satellite Paksat-1R at this year on 14 August 2011, developed by CGWIC China and Consultant of this satellite is Telesat Canada
An artistic concept of Paksat 1R, the telecommunication satellite of Pakistan which will boost the confidence and knowledge of Pakistani experts. – Illustration by Muhammad Aamir Patni
This was stated by Secretary SUPARCO, Arshad H Siraj on Monday. Talking to Dawn.com, Siraj said that the satellite will replace the existing PakSat 1 which will be inactive and outdated next year. The satellite already has shown signal eclipse of 88 days in a year. In PakSat 1R, the “R” means replacement.
Paksat 1 and R: the History
Telecommunication satellites are put in orbit 35,700 km above the equator, and on that particular altitude they move in-sync with Earth, thus completing the rotation in 24 hours and remaining stationary with respect to a particular position on the ground, which is why they are also called “geostationary satellites”. However, only a limited number of satellites can be placed in that particular orbit because only one satellite can be put on each degree. Hence, 360 satellites can be placed in an imaginary circle above the globe.
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) allocates the satellite place in geostationary orbit on a first-come-first-serve basis. But after allotment of a position, a deadline is needed for a party to launch its satellite in a given time and incase of failure, the allotment is handed over to other nations or parties who were in queue.
According to Secretary SUPARCO, in the 1980s, Pakistan booked eight slots in the orbit. In mid 90s Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) inked an agreement with Alcatel for a satellite. But in the mean time, a few telecommunication satellites launches failed worldwide and other problems halted the launch of the Pakistani satellite, causing Alcatel to cancel the agreement. Pakistan then also lost its allotted slots in orbit.
The deadline of the only slot left, 38° East, was April 19, 2003 and after that Pakistan also lost this space. The Former President of Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf asked the authorities to find a solution. A high level committee reported that buying and replacing a satellite of Hughes is the only option to secure the slot.
So Pakistan bought the Hughes satellite designed for Indonesia and moved it in the occupied slot in December 2002.
Paksat 1R
A hallmark of Pak-China joint venture, Paksat 1R will be launched on August 14, 2011, the Independence Day of Pakistan, which also happens to be the date for the 50th anniversary of SUPARCO. Working on this project will also give experience and confidence to Pakistani scientists and engineers. Many of the testing elements have been developed by experts of SUPARCO.
But the question is that why is Pakistan developing a telecommunication satellite rather than taking advantage of many commercially available satellites?
Siraj answered that it is not only important for capacity building but for self-reliance purposes as well in case of an embargo or other hurdles from advance countries as seen in past.
Siraj said that the Paksat 1R data and signals will be received by satellite ground stations located in Karachi and Lahore. Paksat 1R will have 26 transponders which will carry dozens of digital TV channels.
Friday
Post of Junior Assistant-II (Admin) SPS-3 - Guidelines & Sample Test Pattern of SUPARCO Paper
Post of Junior Assistant-II (Admin) SPS-3.
Total number of candidates: 70 approx.
Test was MCQ based.
Test duration: 1 hour (60 minutes)
Total questions: 60
Each question carries 2 marks.
Negative marking (0.5 deduct for each wrong answer)
Distribution of questions:
English (grammar, complete the sentence): 20 (40 marks)
Pakistan studies: 15 (30 marks)
(That section was mostly about the dates of those events: Quiad’s fourteen points, Nehru pact, Cabinet mission, Liaquat-Nehru pact, Quaid-e-Azam resignation from Congress, RCD, and Announcement of partition plan)
Computer (MS Office + simple hardware): 25 (50 marks)
Interview
After passing the written examination, my interview was held on 22-06-2011 in SUPARCO HQs, Karachi (scheduled on 10 : 00 am but due to the busy schedule of board it took place at 4:20 pm)
Firstly there was a practical test on computer about proficiency in MS Office 2007.
Total number of candidates: 70 approx.
Test was MCQ based.
Test duration: 1 hour (60 minutes)
Total questions: 60
Each question carries 2 marks.
Negative marking (0.5 deduct for each wrong answer)
Distribution of questions:
English (grammar, complete the sentence): 20 (40 marks)
Pakistan studies: 15 (30 marks)
(That section was mostly about the dates of those events: Quiad’s fourteen points, Nehru pact, Cabinet mission, Liaquat-Nehru pact, Quaid-e-Azam resignation from Congress, RCD, and Announcement of partition plan)
Computer (MS Office + simple hardware): 25 (50 marks)
Interview
After passing the written examination, my interview was held on 22-06-2011 in SUPARCO HQs, Karachi (scheduled on 10 : 00 am but due to the busy schedule of board it took place at 4:20 pm)
Firstly there was a practical test on computer about proficiency in MS Office 2007.
The selection board was consisted of 5 members including Director (Establishment), a lady psychiatrist [possibly Manager (Psychology)], chief security advisor and two members of SUPARCO.
I entered in the room of Director (Establishment).
The chairman of selection board which was the Director (Establishment) welcomed me and directed to have a seat please.
He asked me about why I want to join SUPARCO?
Tell us about why temperature goes down when we move upward in atmosphere? (Completely a different question as the interview is about the post of Jr. Asstt-II Admin.)
Where do you stand yourself in general knowledge?
Ok, let’s talk on PNS Mehran attack. Tell me what was that?
(There was a dialogue on this issue; the security advisor also participated in that discussion)
Then the two members of SUPARCO asked me that do you work on MS Office?
Tell me about if I want to justify my text without using mouse what should I have to do?
If I want to undo anything what would be the shortcut key, so as for copy & paste too?
Can I work on MS Excel while using MS Word?
Then the psychiatrist asked me what do you think about team work? Rate yourself as a team player from 1 to 5 (As 5 stands for excellent and 1 stands for lower level).
Psychiatrist: If your officer assigns you a work which you do not want to do then what would you do?
Psychiatrist: My last question is that what will cause you to leave SUPARCO?
Then the chairman said, “ok beta, thank you”.
I replied “thank you sir” and walked outside the room.
(Duration of interview: 17 minutes)
I entered in the room of Director (Establishment).
The chairman of selection board which was the Director (Establishment) welcomed me and directed to have a seat please.
He asked me about why I want to join SUPARCO?
Tell us about why temperature goes down when we move upward in atmosphere? (Completely a different question as the interview is about the post of Jr. Asstt-II Admin.)
Where do you stand yourself in general knowledge?
Ok, let’s talk on PNS Mehran attack. Tell me what was that?
(There was a dialogue on this issue; the security advisor also participated in that discussion)
Then the two members of SUPARCO asked me that do you work on MS Office?
Tell me about if I want to justify my text without using mouse what should I have to do?
If I want to undo anything what would be the shortcut key, so as for copy & paste too?
Can I work on MS Excel while using MS Word?
Then the psychiatrist asked me what do you think about team work? Rate yourself as a team player from 1 to 5 (As 5 stands for excellent and 1 stands for lower level).
Psychiatrist: If your officer assigns you a work which you do not want to do then what would you do?
Psychiatrist: My last question is that what will cause you to leave SUPARCO?
Then the chairman said, “ok beta, thank you”.
I replied “thank you sir” and walked outside the room.
(Duration of interview: 17 minutes)
BADR-1 Pakistan's First Experimental Satellite July 26, 1990
Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) has been established by the Government of Pakistan with the specific objective of acquiring the capability to make use of space science and space technology for peaceful purposes and to provide a general flip to scientific and technological activities in the country.
As part of the programmes for space research and technology, SUPARCO has developed suitable ground facilities for tracking of rockets and satellites and for acquiring of telemetry and other scientific data from satellites in low earth orbit as well as in geo-stationary orbit. This has helped SUPARCO in acquiring expertise to establish necessary infrastructure for the development of its own scientific payloads for launching into a low orbit.
As part of the programmes for space research and technology, SUPARCO has developed suitable ground facilities for tracking of rockets and satellites and for acquiring of telemetry and other scientific data from satellites in low earth orbit as well as in geo-stationary orbit. This has helped SUPARCO in acquiring expertise to establish necessary infrastructure for the development of its own scientific payloads for launching into a low orbit.
Consequently the first experimental satellite. BADR-1 (Badr means full moon), launched on July 16, 1990 from Xi Chang Station about 2000 kilometers from Beijing on a Chinese rocket (Long March 2E) has been indigenously designed and fabricated as a first step towards development of more sophisticated satellites systems both for research in different fields of space science and technology and eventually for application purposes in the fields of earth observation and communications.
The orbital period of BADR-1 satellite is about 98 minutes and a typical pass over Pakistan would last 4.6 minutes. The orbit of BADR-1 has a nominal perigee (nearest distance) of 200 km and apogee (farthest distance) of 1000 km. On the average 2-3 satellite passes would be available in a day. The satellite carries a Digital Communication Experiment (DCE) for store-and-forward type communication of messages to low-cost ground stations.
The orbital period of BADR-1 satellite is about 98 minutes and a typical pass over Pakistan would last 4.6 minutes. The orbit of BADR-1 has a nominal perigee (nearest distance) of 200 km and apogee (farthest distance) of 1000 km. On the average 2-3 satellite passes would be available in a day. The satellite carries a Digital Communication Experiment (DCE) for store-and-forward type communication of messages to low-cost ground stations.
The up-link of BADR-1 consists of two command receivers operating simultaneously in the UHF range, only one of which transmits at a given time. Other on-board experiments are in-house monitoring of sub-systems through telemetry and tele-command of satellite.
Two primary ground stations with facilities for tracking telemetry and tele-command of BADR-1 satellite are already in operation at Karachi and Lahore.
The main objectives of BADR-1 satellite are:
(i) To acquire know-how for indigenous development of satellites to create infrastructure for future satellite development activities.
(ii) To test the performance of indigenously developed satellites sub-systems in space environment.
(iii) to perform experiments in real-time voice and data communications between two user ground stations;
(iv) to demonstrate store-and-forward type message communication; and
(v) to educate the country\'s academic, scientific and amateur community in the tracking and use of low-earth-orbiting satellites
Contributed by: SUPARCO, Karachi
To commemorate the occasion Pakistan Post Office is issuing a commemorative postage stamp of Rs. 3/- denomination on the BADR-1 Pakistan\'s First Experimental Satellite on July 26, 1990.
Two primary ground stations with facilities for tracking telemetry and tele-command of BADR-1 satellite are already in operation at Karachi and Lahore.
The main objectives of BADR-1 satellite are:
(i) To acquire know-how for indigenous development of satellites to create infrastructure for future satellite development activities.
(ii) To test the performance of indigenously developed satellites sub-systems in space environment.
(iii) to perform experiments in real-time voice and data communications between two user ground stations;
(iv) to demonstrate store-and-forward type message communication; and
(v) to educate the country\'s academic, scientific and amateur community in the tracking and use of low-earth-orbiting satellites
Contributed by: SUPARCO, Karachi
To commemorate the occasion Pakistan Post Office is issuing a commemorative postage stamp of Rs. 3/- denomination on the BADR-1 Pakistan\'s First Experimental Satellite on July 26, 1990.
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