Satellite Navigation

SUPARCO has been diligently involved in Satellite Navigation that encompasses design and development of Space, Ground and User Segments infrastructure along with related satellitenavigation products, services and its applications for socio-economic uplift of country. SUPARCO is also undertaking advanced research & development, producing satellite navigation equipment and software tools, developing related end-to-end solutions, supporting technology incubation and offering policy & regulatory support to cater for national requirements.

AUGMENTATION SERVICES

SUPARCO has established Ground Based Augmentation System (GBAS) on PoC basis to provide satellite navigation correction signals to authorized users. Further, SUPARCO has also initiated deployment of Space Based Augmentation System (SBAS) to fulfill the integrity based correction signals requirement of aviation, marine and land users.

SIGNAL MONITORING AND ANALYSIS

Satellite Navigation Signal Monitoring facility serves the function of monitoring, archiving and analysis of signals from the monitoring stations established across Pakistan.
This center has active cooperation and collaboration program with the national and international bodies working on satellite navigation systems.

This facility also generates following research based products for peaceful utilization:

Integrity Alerts
Quality Check Reports
Ionosphere Delay Monitoring
Archiving of Satellite Navigation Data

Institute	National Center for Remote Sensing and Geo-Informatics (NCRG), Karachi, Pakistan
Address	SUPARCO Complex Karachi SUPARCO Road,P.O. Box 8402 Karachi-75270, Pakistan Tel.: +92 (021) 99241765-74 Ext: 2230 / 2293 Fax.: +92 (021) 34644928 Web: www.suparco.gov.pk For local participants: dh.trd@suparco.gov.pk For foreign participants: International.relations@suparco.gov.pk
Application Deadline	07th Dec 2026 for local participants 07th Nov 2026 for foreign participants
Starting Date	14^th Dec 2026
Course Duration	One Week
Course Level	Advance
Pre-requisites	Basic knowledge on Disaster Monitoring & Management
Objectives	This course is aimed to provide basic concepts of space based disaster management. The course progresses from image interpretation techniques, remote Sensing for disaster assessment and monitoring as well as rapid damage assessment. This course will provide hands-on exercises emphasizing on the flood, earthquake, landslide and drought rapid mapping and damage assessment techniques. The course will also provide understanding of flood hazard assessment using flood modeling techniques and hands-on exercise on Flood Hazard Assessment using HEC-RAS 2D Model.
Contents of Course	Introduction to GIS Introduction to Satellite Remote Sensing Image Interpretation Monitoring and Mapping of Disasters Damage Assessment Landslide Damage Assessment Google Earth Engine Flood hazard assessment Flood Hazard Mapping Disaster Watch overview
Course Fee	PKR 25,000 (US $300 for foreign participants)
Venue	SPARC, Islamabad
Assessment	Oral or written examination
Application Form

Institute	National Center for Remote Sensing and Geo-Informatics (NCRG), Karachi,
Address	SUPARCO Complex Karachi SUPARCO Road,P.O. Box 8402 Karachi-75270, PakistanTel.: +92 (021) 99241765-74 Ext: 2292 / 2293 Fax.: +92 (021) 34644928Web: www.suparco.gov.pk For local participants: dh.trd@suparco.gov.pk For foreign participants: International.relations@suparco.gov.pk
Application Deadline	09th Nov 2026 for local participants 16th Oct 2026 for foreign participants
Starting Date	16^th Nov 2026
Course Duration	One Week
Course Level	Advance
Pre-requisites	Basic knowledge of Remote Sensing & GIS
Objectives	Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), owing to its advantage of cloud / haze penetration, day, night and all weather coverage, carries a great potential to be used in a variety of application areas. SAR uses different wavebands within microwave part of the electromagnetic spectrum, to identify and delineate various earth features/objects. Thus, this training course aims to provide understanding in radar remote sensing, impart knowledge and hands-on experience in SAR specific open source software for processing SAR imagery, acquaint participants with techniques of extracting information from SAR imagery products, familiarize participants with techniques of integrating SAR and optical data and share information about various applications of SAR imagery.
Contents of Course	Basic Concepts of SAR Imagery Past, Present and Future Radar Technologies Statistical Analysis and Interpretation of SAR Images Hands-on practice on SAR Data Processing Land Applications of SAR Ocean Application of SAR Principles of Radar Interferometry Understand/Read Interferograms Advanced SAR Applications
Course Fee	PKR 25,000 (US $ 300 for foreign participants)
Venue	NCRG, Karachi
Assessment	Oral or written examination
Application Form

Institute	National Center for Remote Sensing and Geo-Informatics (NCRG), Karachi, Pakistan
Address	SUPARCO Complex Karachi SUPARCO Road, P.O. Box 8402 Karachi-75270, Pakistan Tel.: +92 (021) 99241765-74 Ext: 2292 / 2293 Fax.: +92 (021) 34644928 Web: www.suparco.gov.pk For local participants: dh.trd@suparco.gov.pk For foreign participants: International.relations@suparco.gov.pk
Application Deadline	05th May 2026 for local participants 11th April 2026 for foreign participants
Starting Date	11^th May 2026
Course Duration	One Week
Course Level	Advance
Pre-requisites	Basic understanding of GIS
Objectives	The course is aimed at providing advanced concepts and knowledge on the techniques being used in GIS development. It covers topics relating to operational use of GIS in different disciplines. Participants would acquire knowledge on Spatial Analysis as well as on other advanced topics such as GIS modeling, Network analysis, 3D GIS, Customization and Automation in GIS, and Web GIS. Hands on training will be imparted to develop practical skills in image GIS analysis through available off-the-shelf software packages.
Contents of Course	Advancement in GIS Relational Databases GIS Modeling Network Analysis 3D Analysis & Visualization GIS cUstomization and aUtomation Web GIS Enterprise GIS
Course Fee	PKR 25,000 (US $ 300 for foreign participants)
Venue	NCRG, Karachi
Assessment	Onlnie
Application Form

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