Pakistan Technology Evaluation Satellite (PakTES-1A) is an indigenously developed remote sensing satellite of

Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission The Space & Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) ( ur, ) is the executive and national space agency of Pakistan. It is headquartered at the capital city of Islamabad in the northern part of Pakistan with additional facilities at th ...

. It was developed by

SUPARCO The Space & Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) ( ur, ) is the :Pakistan federal departments and agencies, executive and List of government space agencies, national space agency of Pakistan. It is headquartered at the capital city ...

while payload manufacturing was subcontracted to South Africa's Space Advisory Company. It has 300

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Mass. It was launched on board a Chinese

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rocket on 9 July 2018. It will operate at an altitude of from the Earth.

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