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PakTES-1A (Pakistan Technology Evaluation Satellite-1A)
PakTES-1A is a Pakistani technology-evaluation Earth-observation mission launched on 2018-07-09 into a sun-synchronous orbit around 600-610 km.[1] The spacecraft is a 300 kg class satellite carrying the Tegu imager on the PakTES-1A bus.[1] Its applications include Pakistan land mapping, agriculture, environmental monitoring, disaster monitoring, and water-resource management.[2] The mission design window ran to 2021-07-09.[1]
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| current status | Extended operations |
| operator | Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission |
| platform | PakTES-1A satellite platform |
| launch vehicle | Casc Long March 2c |
| Launched | 2018-07-09 |
| planned decommission | 2021-07-09 |
| orbit type | Sun-synchronous, around 600-610 km |
| tasking supported | No |
| current geographic priority | Pakistan land mapping, agriculture, environmental monitoring, disaster monitoring and water-resource management |
Supply chain position
built on platform PakTES-1A satellite platform
operated by Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission
launched on Casc Long March 2c
related to Land cover change
related to Crop-type mapping
related to Disaster damage assessment
related to Inland water
Sources
- [1]Pakistan Technology Evaluation Satellite (PakTES-1A), SUPARCOagency doc2026-06-21
- [2]Pakistan Remote Sensing Satellite (PRSC-EOS), SUPARCOagency doc2026-06-21
- [3]Pakistan launches remote sensing satellite in China, Dawnthird party2026-06-21
- [4]Tegu Imager, Space Advisory Companyoperator marketing2026-06-21
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PakTES-1A (Pakistan Technology Evaluation Satellite-1A). EO-Atlas, SpectraWorks B.V. https://eo-atlas.org/missions/paktes-1a (CC BY 4.0)
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@misc{eoatlas:missions:paktes-1a,
title = {PakTES-1A (Pakistan Technology Evaluation Satellite-1A)},
author = {{EO-Atlas}},
publisher = {SpectraWorks B.V.},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
url = {https://eo-atlas.org/missions/paktes-1a}
}