NEXT SPACEFLIGHT
NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

PRSS-1 & PakTES-1A

Launch Time
Mon Jul 09, 2018 03:56 UTC

First flight of CZ-2C with an SMA upper stage.

Rocket

Long March 2C/SMA
Image Credit: CASC
CASC
Status: Retired
Price: $30.8 million
Liftoff Thrust: 2,962 kN
Payload to LEO: 2,850 kg
Payload to GTO: 1,000 kg
Stages: 3
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 38.83 m
Fairing Diameter: 3.35 m
Fairing Height: 8.37 m
Details

Mission Details

PRNS-1

PRSS 1 is an earth observation satellite by the Pakistani space agency (SUPARCO).

The satellite carries a high-resolution electro-optical payload with a design service life of 7 years. The satellite is designed, developed, and launched in a low Earth orbit by 2018, through cooperation and collaboration with China.

The imaging system's ground resolution is 1 meter in pan-chromatic mode and 4 meters in multi-spectral mode. The swath width is >60 km.

Payloads: 1
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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PakTES-1A

PakTES 1A (Pakistan Technology Evaluation Satellite) is a low to medium-resolution earth observation remote sensing satellite indigenously developed by Pakistan's SUPARCO but with much of the payload subcontracted to South Africa's Space Advisory Company.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 285.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Location

Site 9401 (SLS-2), Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China

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Stats

2018

56th orbital launch attempt

Long March 2C

47th mission
3rd mission of 2018
46th successful mission
15th consecutive successful mission