# PRSS-1 (Pakistan Remote Sensing Satellite-1)
*missions*

## Specifications
- **operator**: suparco
- **current status**: operational
- **actual launch**: 2018-07-09
- **orbit type**: Sun-synchronous, 700 km, 38.28 deg inclination
- **platform**: prss-1-satellite-bus
- **launch vehicle**: casc-long-march-2c
- **tasking supported**: false
- **entity type**: mission
- **last verified date**: 2026-06-21
- **verified by**: community
- **claim status**: unclaimed
- **provider**: suparco
- **attributes**: {"operator":"suparco","current_status":"operational","actual_launch":"2018-07-09","orbit_type":"Sun-synchronous, 700 km, 38.28 deg inclination","platform":"prss-1-satellite-bus","launch_vehicle":"casc-long-march-2c","tasking_supported":false}

## Editorial
PRSS-1 is a Pakistani optical Earth-observation remote-sensing satellite. It launched on 2018-07-09 on Long March 2C from Jiuquan.[^wikipedia-prss-1] The mission uses a China-built spacecraft and optical payload stack for Pakistan's remote-sensing satellite programme.[^wikipedia-prss-1][^prss-portal-archive] It supplies the PRSS programme context for land-cover change, crop-type analysis, urban-change monitoring and disaster damage assessment workflows linked to optical imagery.[^prss-portal-archive]

## Compositional position
- PRSS-1 (Pakistan Remote Sensing Satellite-1) --[mission_payloads]--> prss-1-optical-payload (products)
- PRSS-1 (Pakistan Remote Sensing Satellite-1) --[mission_buses]--> prss-1-satellite-bus (products)
- PRSS-1 (Pakistan Remote Sensing Satellite-1) --[related-topic]--> land-cover-change (topics)
- PRSS-1 (Pakistan Remote Sensing Satellite-1) --[related-topic]--> crop-type (topics)
- PRSS-1 (Pakistan Remote Sensing Satellite-1) --[related-topic]--> urban-change (topics)
- PRSS-1 (Pakistan Remote Sensing Satellite-1) --[related-topic]--> disaster-damage-assessment (topics)

## Sources
- [prss-portal-archive] | Pakistan Remote Sensing Satellite portal archive | https://web.archive.org/web/20210414100014/https://www.prss.pk/ | tier=operator-marketing | accessed=2026-06-21
- [wikipedia-prss-1] | PRSS-1, Wikipedia snapshot | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRSS-1 | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-21

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