Pakistan’s first CUBESAT satellite to be launched today

Institute of Space Technology (IST) launching Pakistan’s first CUBESAT satellite on 21st November (today)‚ on-board Dnepr launch vehicle from Yasny launch base‚ Russia.

Assistant Director IST Raza Butt said in Islamabad that the CUBESAT satellite will open a wide vista of future experiments that can be carried on CUBESAT in the domain of imaging‚ microgravity‚ biology‚ nano technology‚ space dynamics‚ chemistry and space physics.

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Raza said launch of CUBESAT is a significant milestone in the space programme of Pakistan as it will motivate the students and youngster to take part in the future satellite development programme of Pakistan.