Pakistan Technology Evaluation Satellite

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]

PakTES-1A

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

See also

• Pakistan Remote Sensing Satellite
• SUPARCO