PakTES-1A | |
Mission Type: | Earth observation |
Operator: | SUPARCO |
Manufacturer: | Space Advisory Company, South Africa SUPARCO |
Launch Date: | 9 July 2018 |
Launch Rocket: | Long March 2C |
Launch Site: | Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre[1] |
Launch Contractor: | CNSA |
Orbit Reference: | Geocentric |
Orbit Inclination: | 98 degrees |
Orbit Period: | 96.8 minutes |
Apsis: | gee |
Pakistan Technology Evaluation Satellite (PakTES-1A) is an indigenously developed remote sensing satellite of Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission. It was developed by SUPARCO while payload manufacturing was subcontracted to South Africa's Space Advisory Company. It has 300 Kilogram Mass.[2] It was launched on board a Chinese Long March 2C rocket on 9 July 2018. It will operate at an altitude of from the Earth.[3] [4]