Pakistan on Thursday launched a new remote sensing satellite from China’s southwest Sichuan province aimed at enhancing Islamabad’s capacity to monitor and respond to climate change-related threats.

The Pakistan Remote-Sensing Satellite (PRSS-1) was launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre by the Kuaizhou-1A (KZ-1A) carrier rocket, with technical support from Pakistan’s Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO). 

According to China’s state-run Xinhua news agency, the PRSS-1 has entered its planned orbit. The satellite will be primarily used in the fields of land resource surveys and disaster prevention and mitigation.