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Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
03:56:00
Monday July 9, 2018
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First flight of CZ-2C with an SMA upper stage.
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.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
1 Payload
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.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
1 Payload
285 kilograms
Agency
CASCPrice
$30.80 million
Rocket
Height: 38.83m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 2,850 kg
GTO: 1,000 kg
Liftoff Thrust
2,962 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 3.35m
Height: 8.37m
Stages
3
47th
Mission
3rd
Mission of 2018
56th
Orbital launch attempt