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Pakistan will send its first ATronaut in 2026 with the cooperation of China. For the first time in 2026, a Pakistani Astronaut will be sent to China’s Tiangong space station. Let us know that Pakistan’s space agency ‘Suparco’ was formed in 1961 while India’s space agency ‘ISRO’ was established in 1969. That means about eight years ago from India’s space agency, but it did not achieve as much success as ISRO has left behind.
History of ‘Suparko’
When Pakistan founded ‘Suparko’ in 1961, an attempt was made to strengthen it under the leadership of Nobel Prize winning scientist Abdus Salaam. In 1962, Suparco launched the Rehbar-1 rocket with the help of NASA. He became the 10th country in the world to do so. ‘Rehbar-1’ was a two-stage rocket that aims to study the upper atmosphere of the Earth. At that time, India’s space program, which was formalized as ISRO in 1969, was in the initial phase. After this, the first satellite ‘Badar-1’ was launched in 1990 with the help of China. But after this Suparko’s performance has been very limited. Let us know what were the reasons for this.
Reason for staying behind Suparko
The biggest reason is political and economic instability. Suparko’s debut was encouraging, but in the 1970s, the Pakistan government focused on nuclear weapons rather than space research. Due to which Suparco faced the fund and lack of resources. Another reason for the failure of Suparco is lack of education and talent. Suparko lacks indigenous launch vehicle. Instead of scientists, military officers were entrusted with the leadership of the agency, which has weakened the scientific direction. Not only this, Pakistan is mostly dependent on China. In recent years, three satellites were launched with the help of China. Now in 2026 too, Pakistan is dependent on China’s space station to send the first astronaut. Suparco has so far launched only 6 satellites, most of which were with the help of China. While India has completed many missions independently.
ISRO’s success
Today ISRO is ahead of Pakistan not only in scientific achievements but also from economic and strategic perspective. ISRO’s success is a matter of pride for India, while Suparco needs strong political will and investment for regeneration. ISRO emphasized scientific leadership and long -term approach. ISRO launched its first satellite Aryabhata in 1975. Not only this, ISRO has launched 424 satellites for 34 countries. Successful landing on the southern pole of Chandrayaan-3 Moon in 2023 and the success of Nisar Mission in 2025 shows the technical superiority of ISRO.
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