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Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
16:15:00
Thursday August 11, 2011
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PakSat-1R (or PakSat-1 Replacement) is an advanced geosynchronous and communications satellite that was manufactured by China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC) and operated by the Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (Suparco), an executive space authority of the government of Pakistan. It was launched as a replacement for Paksat-1, formerly known as Palapa C1, HGS-3, and Anatolia 1.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
1 Payload
5,115 kilograms
Agency
CASCPrice
$29.15 million
Rocket
Height: 56.3m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 11,500 kg
GTO: 5,550 kg
Liftoff Thrust
5,986 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 4.2m
Height: 9.56m
Stages
3
Strap-ons
4
56th
Mission
5th
Mission of 2011
43rd
Orbital launch attempt