Pakistan Regional Support Office
The Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) of Pakistan and the United Nations Office of Outer space Affairs (UNOOSA) signed the cooperation agreement on the establishment of a UN-SPIDER Regional Support Office (RSO) on the occasion of the 47th Scientific and Technical Subcommittee sessions on 12 February 2010.
SUPARCO, the national space agency, was established in 1961 as a Committee and was granted the status of a Commission in 1981. SUPARCO is mandated to conduct R&D in space science, space technology, and their peaceful applications in the country. It works towards developing indigenous capabilities in space technology and promoting space applications for socio-economic uplift of the country.
Address:
Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO)
Off University Road Gulzar-e-Hijri,
Scheme-33 Karaci-75270 Pakistan
Mission/Objective:
To provide fast and effective access to space-based information incase of regional disasters and facilitate as well as undertake capacity building of disaster management and emergency response agencies.
Head of Institute:
Raza Hussain
Chairman
Contact (Phone, fax, email):
Ph: 92-021 34644932
Fax:92 021 34694941
Primary Contact:
Imran Iqbal
Member
Space Applications & Research
Ph: 92-021 34690674
Fax:92 021 34690783
Email: imraniqbal2@yahoo.com
Secondary Contact:
Ms Rizla Zareen
General Manager
Disaster Management
Ph: 92 021 34690840
Fax: 92 021 34690795/97
Email:sckhi@suparco.gov.pk
Facilities:
- National Centre for Remote Sensing & Geo-Informatics
-Atmospheric Data Receiving and Processing Centre
-COSPAS-SARSAT (Ground segment)
-Training/courses Offered
-MS Program in RS and GIS.
-Advance course in RS and GIS application
-Hands-on training on the Integrated Search and Rescue software of COSPAS-SARSAT system
-RS & GIS application in natural resource management
-RS application and digital image processing
-Programming for Web GIS
-Training course on Geological Application on Remote Sensing
-Hands-on Training course on ArcGIS Software.
-Training course on Image processing using ERDAS Imagine Software
Available Expertise:
-More than 100 engineers /scientist working
-More than 150 support staff
Infrastructure:
Latest state of art hardware & software available with high speed internet connectivity on 24/7 hours basis.
Available Databases:
- Satellite Ground Station for receiving data from LEO satellite with resolutions from 2.5 to 20 meters.
- Satellite Ground Station for receiving data from medium resolution such as MODIS instrument onboard Aqua/Terra satellites, AVHRR AMBUS, HIRS onboard NOAA series and FY2E, MTSAT from Geostationary satellite
-Operation satellite based COSPAS- SARSAT ground segment with visibility area 2500 Km around Karachi, Pakistan
For more information, please see www.suparco.gov.pk
