Pakistan, Feb. 16 -- Pakistan's second domestically developed Earth observation satellite, PRSC-EO2, successfully launched on 12th February, into its pre-determined orbit by China's Jielong-3 carrier rocket from the maritime area off Yangjiang in Guangdong Province. As the sole foreign satellite among the seven onboard, its smooth launch has aroused widespread enthusiasm across China and Pakistan, serving as a vivid witness to the two nations' profound friendship and marking a new pinnacle in China-Pakistan space cooperation.
This was stated by Prof. Cheng Xizhong, Senior Research Fellow at the Charhar Institute, a non-governmental Chinese think-tank on diplomacy and international studies based in Beijing.
He said that developed independe...