# Badr-B
*missions*

## Specifications
- **operator**: suparco
- **current status**: ended
- **actual launch**: 2001-12-10
- **actual end of life**: 2012-01-01
- **orbit type**: Sun-synchronous, about 986 x 1014 km, 99.7 deg
- **platform**: badr-b-platform
- **launch vehicle**: zenit-2
- **tasking supported**: false
- **current geographic priority**: Pakistan technology-demonstration and Earth-imaging experiments
- **entity type**: mission
- **last verified date**: 2026-06-21
- **verified by**: community
- **claim status**: agency-sourced
- **provider**: suparco
- **attributes**: {"operator":"suparco","current_status":"ended","actual_launch":"2001-12-10","actual_end_of_life":"2012-01-01","orbit_type":"Sun-synchronous, about 986 x 1014 km, 99.7 deg","platform":"badr-b-platform","launch_vehicle":"zenit-2","tasking_supported":false,"current_geographic_priority":"Pakistan technology-demonstration and Earth-imaging experiments"}
- **relevance**: in-scope

## Editorial
Badr-B, also known as Badr-II, was Pakistan's SUPARCO-operated follow-on microsatellite to Badr-A, combining technology demonstration with Earth-observation experiments.[^gunter-badr-b][^suparco-badr-b] It launched on 2001-12-10 from Baikonur on Zenit-2 as part of the Meteor-3M rideshare.[^gunter-badr-b] The spacecraft used a box-shaped 68.5 kg microsatellite platform built by SUPARCO with gravity-gradient stabilisation.[^gunter-badr-b] Its payload set included CCD camera payloads for Earth imaging, plus radiation and geophysical experiments.[^gunter-badr-b]

## Compositional position
- Badr-B --[mission_payloads]--> badr-b-ccd (products)
- Badr-B --[mission_buses]--> badr-b-platform (products)
- Badr-B --[related-topic]--> land-cover-change (topics)
- Badr-B --[related-topic]--> atmospheric-profiling (topics)

## Sources
- [gunter-badr-b] | Badr B, Gunter's Space Page | https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/badr-b.htm | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-21
- [suparco-badr-b] | BADR-B, SUPARCO | http://suparco.gov.pk/pages/badrb.asp?badrblinksid=1 | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-21
  Legacy official page referenced by Gunter's Space Page; current fetch may require archive recovery.

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