Pakistan Technology Evaluation Satellite

Remote sensing satellite

PakTES-1A
Spacecraft properties

Mission type	Earth observation
Operator	SUPARCO
COSPAR ID	2018-056A
SATCAT no.	43529


Manufacturer	Space Advisory Company, South Africa SUPARCO
Launch mass	300 kg (660 lb)


Start of mission
Launch date	9 July 2018 ^[1]
Rocket	Long March 2C^[1]
Launch site	Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre^[1]
Contractor	CNSA


Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Perigee altitude	549.2 km (341.3 mi)
Apogee altitude	632.5 km (393.0 mi)
Inclination	98 degrees
Period	96.8 minutes

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 610 kilometres (380 mi) from the Earth.^[3]^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Launch Site, Rocket and Date". Dawn Newspaper. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
^ "PakTES 1A, 1B". space.skyrocket.de. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
^ "Pakistan launches two satellites using Chinese rocket | The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 9 July 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
^ "China to launch two remote sensing satellites for Pakistan in July".

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

Spaceports

Sonmiani Flight Test Rage

People

History and policy

Space Vision 2040
ECSRC
Spin-off technologies

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January	USA-280 / Zuma BeiDou-3 M7, BeiDou-3 M8 Cartosat-2F, ICEYE-X1, Microsat-TD, Arkyd-6A, Carbonite-2, Flock-3p' × 4, Fox-1D, Landmapper BC 3 v2, Lemur-2 × 4, PicSat, SpaceBEE × 4 USA-281 / Topaz-5 Jilin-1 Video-07, Jilin-1 Video-08, Kepler 0 KIPP USA-282 / SBIRS-GEO-4 Humanity Star, Dove Pioneer, Lemur-2 × 2 Yaogan 30-04 (3 satellites) SES-14, Al Yah 3 GovSat-1 / SES-16
February	Kanopus-V No. 3, No. 4, S-Net × 4 , Lemur-2 × 4 CSES, ÑuSat 4, 5 TRICOM-1R Falcon Heavy test flight (Tesla Roadster) BeiDou-3 M3, M4 Progress MS-08 Paz, Tintin A & B IGS-Optical 6
March	GOES-17 Hispasat 30W-6 O3b × 4 (FM13 to FM16) Soyuz MS-08 GSAT-6A EMKA / Kosmos 2525 BeiDou-3 M9, M10 Iridium NEXT 41–50 Gaofen-1-02, 03, 04
April	Dragon CRS-14, 1KUNS-PF, Irazú, UBAKUSAT Superbird-B3, HYLAS-4 Yaogan 31A, 31B, 31C, Weina 1B IRNSS-1I AFSPC-11, EAGLE Blagovest-12L / Kosmos 2526 TESS Sentinel-3B Zhuhai-1 × 5
May	Apstar 6C InSight, MarCO A, MarCO B Gaofen 5 Bangabandhu-1 Chang'e 4 Relay, Longjiang 1, Longjiang 2 Cygnus CRS OA-9E (EnduroSat One, EQUiSat, Lemur-2 × 4, RaInCube) Iridium NEXT 51–55, GRACE-FO 1, GRACE-FO 2
June	Gaofen-6 SES-12 Fengyun-2H Soyuz MS-09 IGS-Radar 6 GLONASS-M 756 / Kosmos 2527 XJSS A, B Dragon CRS-15 (Biarri-Squad × 3, BHUTAN-1, Maya-1, UiTMSAT-1)
July	PRSS-1, PakTES-1A BeiDou IGSO-7 Progress MS-09 Telstar 19V Galileo FOC 19–22 Iridium NEXT 56–65 BeiDou-3 M5, M6 Gaofen 11
August	Telkom-4 / Merah Putih Parker Solar Probe ADM-Aeolus BeiDou-3 M11, BeiDou-3 M12
September	HY-1C Telstar 18V ICESat-2 — SSTL S1-4, NovaSAR-1 BeiDou-3 M13, M14 Kounotori 7 Azerspace-2 / Intelsat 38, Horizons-3e CentiSpace-1-S1
October	SAOCOM 1A Yaogan 32A, 32B Soyuz MS-10 BeiDou-3 M15, M16 AEHF-4 BepiColombo HY 2B Lotos-S1 No. 3 / Kosmos 2528 Weilai-1 CFOSAT GOSAT-2, KhalifaSat, Diwata-2B, Stars-AO, AUTcube2
November	BeiDou-3 G1Q Kosmos 2529 / GLONASS-M 757 MetOp-C IRVINE01, Lemur-2 × 2 GSAT-29 Es'hail 2 Progress MS-10 Cygnus NG-10 BeiDou-3 M17, BeiDou-3 M18 Shiyan 6-01 Mohammed VI-B HySIS, Blacksky Global 1, FACSAT-1, Flock-3r × 16, Kepler 1 CASE, Lemur-2 × 4 Kosmos 2530 / Strela-3M 16, Kosmos 2531 / Strela-3M 17, Kosmos 2532 / Strela-3M 18
December	Soyuz MS-11 SHERPA, Blacksky Global 2, Capella 1, ESEO, Eu:CROPIS, FalconSAT 6, ICEYE X2, SkySat 14, SkySat 15, STPSat 5, ENOCH, Flock-3s × 3, IRVINE02, Landmapper BC 4, MinXSS-2, Orbital Reflector, PW-Sat 2, SpaceBEE × 3 GSAT-11, GEO-KOMPSAT 2A SpaceX CRS-16 (TechEdSat 8, UNITE) Chang'e 4 (Yutu-2) CubeSail, RSat-P, STF-1 GSAT-7A CSO-1 Kosmos 2533 / Blagovest-13L USA-289 / GPS IIIA-01 Kanopus-V No. 5, No. 6, Flock-3k × 12, Lemur-2 × 8, Lume-1 Yunhai-2 01 (6 satellites)
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