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First astronaut in 2022 – Pakistan
August 31 , 2019
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- Pakistan announced that it will send its first astronaut to space in 2022 using close ally China’s satellite launch facilities.
- In 2018, Pakistan launched two indigenously built satellites, onboard the Chinese Long March (LM-2C) rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre located at the Gobi Desert.
- One of them was a remote sensing satellite (PRSS1) — a dual purpose Earth observational and optical satellite.
- The second test satellite launched was a PAK-TES-1A to enhance satellite manufacture capabilities in the country.
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