Badr-1

Infobox Spacecraft
Name = Badr-1


Organisation = SUPARCO
Mission_Type = Digital Communications Experiment
Satellite_Of = Earth
Launch = July 16 1990
Carrier_Rocket = Long March 2
NSSDC_ID = 1990-059A
Webpage =
Mass = 52.0 kg
Power = 12.5 W from solar panels
Orbital_elements =
Orbit_regime = Elliptic orbit
Orbital_Period = 96.3 minutes
Apoapsis = km to mi|984.0|spell=commonwealth|wiki=yes
Periapsis = km to mi|201.0|spell=commonwealth|wiki=yes
Eccentricity = 0.056125
Inclination = 28.4º

Badr-1, Pakistan's first indigenously developed satellite, was launched in 1990 from China aboard a Long March rocket. The satellite successfully completed its designed life.

Mission goals

* acquiring know-how for indigenous development of satellites
* creating an infrastructure for future satellite development activities
* testing the performance of indigenously developed satellite subsystems in space environment
* performing experiments in real-time voice and data communications between two user ground stations
* demonstrating store-and-forward type message communication
* educating the country's academic, scientific and amateur community in the tracking and use of low-earth-orbiting satellites

Configuration

External links

* [http://www.suparco.gov.pk/badar_1.asp Official SUPARCO site]
* [http://www.spacetoday.org/Satellites/Hamsats/Hamsats1990s/Hamsats90sBadr.html Space Today writeup]
* [http://www2.arrl.org/news/features/2003/07/10/1/ ARRL site]