# Badr-B microsatellite platform
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Mission-specific SUPARCO microsatellite platform used by Badr-B, with a box-shaped structure and gravity-gradient stabilisation.

## Specifications
- **product status**: retired
- **deployment context**: orbital
- **manufacturer**: suparco
- **bus**: {"form_factor":"51 cm x 51 cm x 46.5 cm box microsatellite","platform_class":"micro"}
- **entity type**: bus
- **last verified date**: 2026-06-26
- **verified by**: agency-doc
- **claim status**: agency-sourced
- **provider**: suparco
- **attributes**: {"kind":"bus","product_status":"retired","deployment_context":"orbital","manufacturer":"suparco","description":"Mission-specific SUPARCO microsatellite platform used by Badr-B, with a box-shaped structure and gravity-gradient stabilisation.","bus":"{\"form_factor\":\"51 cm x 51 cm x 46.5 cm box microsatellite\",\"platform_class\":\"micro\"}"}
- **relevance**: in-scope

## Editorial
Badr-B microsatellite platform is a SUPARCO-built orbital micro-class bus used for Pakistan's Badr-B Earth-observation and technology mission.[^nasa-nssdca-badr-b][^gunter-badr-b][^wiki-badr-b] The spacecraft mass is about 68-70 kg, with an approximately 51 cm x 51 cm x 46.5 cm box structure.[^nasa-nssdca-badr-b][^gunter-badr-b][^wiki-badr-b] The platform uses gravity-gradient stabilisation and the bus is retired.[^nasa-nssdca-badr-b][^gunter-badr-b][^wiki-badr-b] The provider is SUPARCO.[^nasa-nssdca-badr-b]

## Compositional position
- badr-b (missions) --[mission_buses]--> Badr-B microsatellite platform

## Sources
- [nasa-nssdca-badr-b] | BADR-B spacecraft record, NASA NSSDCA | https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=2001-056C | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-26
- [gunter-badr-b] | Badr B, Gunter's Space Page | https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/badr-b.htm | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-26
- [wiki-badr-b] | Badr-B technical summary | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badr-B | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-26

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