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Long March 2C/SMA | PRSS-1 & PakTes-1A

Name: Long March 2C/SMA | PRSS-1 & PakTes-1A
Start: 2018-07-09T03:56:13.000Z
End: 2018-07-09T04:15:00.000Z
Location: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

July 9, 2018 at 3:56 AM UTC

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Long March 2C/SMA | PRSS-1 & PakTes-1A launch image — Mission imagery · Long March 2C/SMA

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July 9, 2018 at 3:56 AM UTC

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Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603)

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China · 40.9605, 100.2981

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Rocket: Long March 2C/SMA
Launch site: Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603)
Launch probability: -1%
Window opens: July 9, 2018 at 3:47 AM UTC
Window closes: July 9, 2018 at 4:15 AM UTC
Feed updated: June 14, 2023 at 3:48 PM UTC

Mission description

The Pakistan Remote Sensing Satellite (PRSS) is a dual purpose Earh observation and optical satellite. It is to operate in sun-synchronous orbit with a planned lifetime of 5 years. PakTes-1A is a remote sensing satellite built by Pakistan's space agency with assistance from Space Advisory Company of South Africa.

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China launches two satellites for Pakistan

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Long March 2C/SMA

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Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603)

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center is a Chinese spaceport located between the Ejin, Alxa, Inner Mongolia and Hangtian Town, Jinta County, Jiuquan, Gansu Province. It is part of the Dongfeng Aerospace City (Base 10).

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