# PakTES-1A (Pakistan Technology Evaluation Satellite-1A)
*missions*

## Specifications
- **operator**: suparco
- **current status**: extended
- **actual launch**: 2018-07-09
- **orbit type**: Sun-synchronous, around 600-610 km
- **platform**: paktes-1a-bus
- **launch vehicle**: casc-long-march-2c
- **planned decommission**: 2021-07-09
- **tasking supported**: false
- **current geographic priority**: Pakistan land mapping, agriculture, environmental monitoring, disaster monitoring and water-resource management
- **entity type**: mission
- **last verified date**: 2026-06-21
- **verified by**: agency-doc
- **claim status**: agency-sourced
- **provider**: suparco
- **attributes**: {"operator":"suparco","current_status":"extended","actual_launch":"2018-07-09","orbit_type":"Sun-synchronous, around 600-610 km","platform":"paktes-1a-bus","launch_vehicle":"casc-long-march-2c","planned_decommission":"2021-07-09","tasking_supported":false,"current_geographic_priority":"Pakistan land mapping, agriculture, environmental monitoring, disaster monitoring and water-resource management"}
- **relevance**: in-scope

## Editorial
PakTES-1A is a Pakistani technology-evaluation Earth-observation mission launched on 2018-07-09 into a sun-synchronous orbit around 600-610 km.[^suparco-paktes] The spacecraft is a 300 kg class satellite carrying the Tegu imager on the PakTES-1A bus.[^suparco-paktes] Its applications include Pakistan land mapping, agriculture, environmental monitoring, disaster monitoring, and water-resource management.[^suparco-prsc-eos] The mission design window ran to 2021-07-09.[^suparco-paktes]

## Compositional position
- PakTES-1A (Pakistan Technology Evaluation Satellite-1A) --[mission_payloads]--> tegu-imager (products)
- PakTES-1A (Pakistan Technology Evaluation Satellite-1A) --[mission_buses]--> paktes-1a-bus (products)
- PakTES-1A (Pakistan Technology Evaluation Satellite-1A) --[related-topic]--> land-cover-change (topics)
- PakTES-1A (Pakistan Technology Evaluation Satellite-1A) --[related-topic]--> crop-type (topics)
- PakTES-1A (Pakistan Technology Evaluation Satellite-1A) --[related-topic]--> disaster-damage-assessment (topics)
- PakTES-1A (Pakistan Technology Evaluation Satellite-1A) --[related-topic]--> inland-water (topics)

## Sources
- [suparco-paktes] | Pakistan Technology Evaluation Satellite (PakTES-1A), SUPARCO | https://suparco.gov.pk/major-programmes/projects/pakistan-technology-evaluation-satellite-paktes-1a/ | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-21
- [suparco-prsc-eos] | Pakistan Remote Sensing Satellite (PRSC-EOS), SUPARCO | https://suparco.gov.pk/major-programmes/projects/prsc-eos/ | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-21
- [dawn-paktes] | Pakistan launches remote sensing satellite in China, Dawn | https://www.dawn.com/news/1418966 | tier=third-party | accessed=2026-06-21
- [space-advisory-tegu] | Tegu Imager, Space Advisory Company | https://www.spaceadvisory.com/tegu-imager/ | tier=operator-marketing | accessed=2026-06-21

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