Paksat 1R [SUPARCO]
Official name PAKSAT 1R
Alternative name Paksat 1R
Cospar ID 2011-042A
Norad ID 37779
Launch date 2011-08-11
Launch site XSC
Launch vehicle CZ-3B/G2
Country/Organization Pakistan
Type application Communication
Operator SUPARCO
RCS size LARGE
Decay date ON ORBIT
Period (min) 1436.15
Inclination (deg) 0.04
Perigee (km) 35770
Apogee (km) 35805
Eccentricity 0.000488997555012225
Mean motion (revs. per day) 1.00268077847022
Semi-Major axis (km) 42165.635
Raan (deg) 70.1002
Arg of perigee (deg) 344.0943
Shape Box + 2 Pan
Mass (kg) 5100
Height (m) 3.6
Width (m) 2.4
Depth (m) 2.4
Span (m^2) 15.5
Lifetime 15 years
Contractors CAST
Equipment 18 Ku-band transponders, 12 C-band transponders
Configuration DFH-4 Bus
Power 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries

Pakistan's SUPARCO signed in October 2008 a contract with China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC) for the on orbit delivery of the Paksat 1R communication satellite. The DFH-4 based satellite will have a service life of 15 years and was launched in 2011 on a CZ-3B/G2 booster.

By the end of 2011, Pakistan plans to replace Paksat 1 with the new communications satellite Paksat-1R which will be manufactured exclusively for Pakistan. The satellite will support all conventional and modern Fixed Satellite Service (FSS) applications. The satellite will have a total of up to 30 transponders: 18 in Ku-band and 12 in C-band. To ensure high degree of reliability / availability of the system, two fully redundant Satellite Ground Control Stations (SGCS) would be established in Karachi and Lahore, one to act as the main and the other as backup respectively.

Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
PAKSAT 1R 2011-042A 2011-08-11 XSC CZ-3B/G2