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PakTES-1A (Pakistan Technology Evaluation Satellite-1A)

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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
operator	Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission
platform	paktes-1a-bus
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	false
current geographic priority	Pakistan land mapping, agriculture, environmental monitoring, disaster monitoring and water-resource management
Last updated	2026-06-21
claim status	agency-sourced

Where this fits, supply chain

Compositional position

this ——— PakTES-1A satellite platform bus

this ——— Land cover change related-topic

this ——— Crop-type mapping related-topic

this ——— Disaster damage assessment related-topic

this ——— Inland water related-topic

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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