Pakistan’s first communications satellite to deliver Internet services across Middle East

Pakistan’s first communications satellite, the Paksat-1R, which was successfully launched into orbit last August 2011, will be delivering Internet and data capacity across the Middle East region. The vessels was constructed, built, and is now being operated by Pakistan’s Space and Upper Research Commission or Superaco as it is commonly known.

 

Artist's rendering of the Paksat-1R

According to the agency’s spokesperson Hassam Khan, Paksat 1R has been designed to operate for 15 years and provide Africa, South Asia, and the Middle East cost-effective Internet and data communications capacity. The geosynchronous satellite will provide internet by satellite as well as broadband capacity for uses such as telemedicine, telephony for rural regions, disaster and crisis communications, and DTV broadcasting.

 

Paksat 1R operates on both C and Ku band and will provide crucial wireless communications that would reach Eastern Europe, South and Central Asia, and even the Far East. It will provide remote connections to rural clients who are cut off from terrestrial communications networks.

 

Hassam Khan also explained the Pakistan’s first satellite will allow end users and enterprise to transmit data without using the strained terrestrial networks across the globe. A surge in data traffic brought about by increasing number of bandwidth-intensive mobile applications have added loads on several backhaul networks, and operators are struggling to upgrade them to meet the demand.

 

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Terrestrial communications network have limitations too, especially if the system is confronted by geographic challenges. Fibre optic cables are almost impossible, and thus impractical, to build in mountainous regions, dense tropical jungles, far-flung communities, and even rural towns.

 

Internet access, which usually relies on traditional networks, are often unavailable in the above-mentioned areas. Modern society relies on the Internet more than ever and cutting off some areas can prove to be a disadvantage to aims of national development.

 

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