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China launches two remote sensing satellites for Pakistan
July 12 , 2018
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- China successfully launched two remote sensing satellites PRSS-1 and PakTes-1A of Pakistan on board of Long March-2C rocket from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre.
- It was
- Overall 279th mission for the Long March rocket series (mainly used to send satellites into low Earth or Sun-synchronous orbits)
- First international commercial launch in nearly two decades after it carried Motorola’s Iridium satellites into orbit in 1999.
- PRSS-1 is China’s first optical remote sensing satellite sold to Pakistan.
- It can carry out day and night monitoring. It also has viewing capacity even in clouded conditions.
- PakTES-1A is Pakistan’s indigenously developed scientific experiment satellite developed by engineers from its space agency SUPARCO (Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission).
- The satellites will provide space remote sensing information services for strategic US$ 50 billon China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
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