# PakTES-1A satellite platform
*bus . products*

Mission-specific 300 kg class SUPARCO small-satellite platform used by PakTES-1A.

## Specifications
- **product status**: demonstration
- **deployment context**: orbital
- **manufacturer**: suparco
- **bus**: {"form_factor":"300 kg class small remote sensing satellite","platform_class":"mini"}
- **entity type**: bus
- **last verified date**: 2026-06-26
- **verified by**: agency-doc
- **claim status**: agency-sourced
- **provider**: suparco
- **attributes**: {"kind":"bus","product_status":"demonstration","deployment_context":"orbital","manufacturer":"suparco","description":"Mission-specific 300 kg class SUPARCO small-satellite platform used by PakTES-1A.","bus":"{\"form_factor\":\"300 kg class small remote sensing satellite\",\"platform_class\":\"mini\"}"}
- **relevance**: in-scope

## Editorial
PakTES-1A satellite platform is a SUPARCO small-satellite bus for Pakistan Technology Evaluation Satellite 1A. PakTES-1A is a 300 kg class small remote-sensing satellite with a three-year design life in sun-synchronous orbit.[^suparco-paktes] The 300 kg class places the platform in the mini bus class.[^suparco-paktes] Payload capacity, power, data-rate, and pointing figures remain unspecified.

## Compositional position
- paktes-1a (missions) --[mission_buses]--> PakTES-1A satellite platform

## 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=2026-06-26 | author=SUPARCO

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