SUPARCO has initiated optical remote sensing application satellites program (PRSC-EOS), to build and launch 3 x optical remote sensing satellites. The satellites will join the fleet of already-in-orbit remote sensing satellites of Pakistan i.e. PRSS-1 and PakTES-1A. the remote sensing data will be utilized in the fields of land mapping, agriculture classification and assessment, urban and rural planning, environmental monitoring, natural disaster monitoring / management, surveying, natural resources protection and others.