Paksat-1R

Paksat-1R is again proved China partnership with Pakistan

Launches new satellite 11, August 2011.

 Our Friend China has launched a domestic communications satellite for Pakistan SUPARCO (Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission) at 4:15 pm on August 11 from the Xi Chang Satellite Launch Center, in Sichuan Province. The launch of Paksat-1R was conducted by the Long March 3B/E launch vehicle.

The Paksat-1R satellite is launched on the DFH-4 platform, with a launch mass around 5,200 kg. Satellite will be positioned at 38.0 degrees East, replacing the Paksat-1, which was launched as Palapa-C on January 31, 1996, by an Atlas-IIAS from Cape Canaveral’s LC-36B launch complex.The  Paksat-1R was manufactured by the China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC) after being ordered in October 15th, 2008  with a contract signed with the China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC). PakSat-1R contract was the third communications satellite contract signed by China’s space industry with international customers. PakSat-1R also China’s first satellite in-orbit delivery contract signed with an Asian customer. Satellite will support all conventional and modern Fixed Satellite Service (FSS) applications, with a total of as many as 30 transponders 18 in Ku- and 12 in C-band. To ensure high degree of reliability/availability of the system, two fully redundant Satellite Ground Control Stations (SGCS) were established in Karachi and Lahore, one to act as the Main and the other as Backup respectively.

PAKSAT-IR