PRSS-1 & PakTES-1A

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

03:56:00

Monday July 9, 2018

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Mission Details

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Launch Notes

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

PRNS-1

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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

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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

Rocket

Retired
Long March 2C/SMA

Active 2008 to 2018

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation logo

Agency

CASC

Price

$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

Launch Site

Site 9401 (SLS-2)

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China

Fastest Turnaround

10 days 18 hours

Stats

Long March 2C


47th

Mission

3rd

Mission of 2018

2018


56th

Orbital launch attempt