Astronomical Observatory of the University of the Punjab

Location of Astronomical Observatory of the University of the Punjab

The Astronomical Observatory of the University of the Punjab is an astronomical observatory, located in Lahore at the Quaid-i-Azam Campus of the University of the Punjab. The space observatory is operated by the University's Department of Space Science.

The Observatory is 75 years old and was established by the British colonial government in 1932. From its establishment, the space observatory was operated by the Punjab University's Physics department until the creation of a separate research institute, Department of Space Science, in 1985. In 1985, the Punjab University decided to start an academic program in this field and consequently the Department of Astronomy was re-organized as the Department of Space Science in 1985. Since then, the space observatory was constituted under the Department of Space Science.

The space observatory, equipped with a seven-inch refracting telescope and two smaller telescopes, forms one of the departmental teaching laboratories. This is the oldest observatory in the country, and has remained a centre of learning for more than 75 year.

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Pakistani Space Program

Organizations

• Space & Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO)
• Institute of Space Technology (IST)
• Institute of Space and Planetary Astrophysics (ISPA)
• National Centre for Remote Sensing and Geo-informatics (NCRG)

Space centres

• Satellite Ground Station

Satellites

Earth observation	PRSS-1 PakTES-1A
Communication	Paksat-1R Paksat-MM1R
IST missions	ICUBE-Q
Retired	Badr Badr-1 Badr-B Paksat-1 Paksat-MM1 ICube-1

Space missions

• Lunar prediction program
• SUPARCO rocket tests

Launch vehicles

• Rehbar program

Space observatories

• University Observatory (University of Karachi)
• Astronomical Observatory (University of the Punjab)

Spaceports

• Sonmiani Flight Test Rage

People

• Abdus Salam
• Ishrat Hussain Usmani
• Abdul Majid
• Abdul Qadeer Khan
• Wladyslaw Turowicz
• Salim Mehmud
• Ghulam Murtaza

History and policy

• Space Vision 2040
• ECSRC
• Spin-off technologies

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