Badr B

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General

Designation	27003 / 01056C
Launch date	10 Dec 2001
Country of origin	Pakistan
Mission	Remote sensing
Perigee/Apogee	986/1015 km, sun-synchronous
Inclination	99.7°
Period	105 min
Launch vehicle	Zenit #35

Should weigh 70 kg. It will measure solar radiation and will collect information about Pakistan's natural resources.

Built with the help of SIL, a UK company.

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External resources

http://www.suparco.gov.pk/

http://suparco.gov.pk/sat_badr2.htm
http://www.ssd.rl.ac.uk/news/cdrom/eo/badr.htm
sat-index articles

Technical data

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Specifications

Prime contractor	Suparco (Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission)
Platform
Mass at launch	68.5 kg
Mass in orbit
Dimension	51 x 51 x 46.5 cm
Solar array
Stabilization	single axis (6 m gravity gradient boom)
DC power
Design lifetime	2 years

Downlink in UHF-, VHF- and S-band.
Has a CCD camera (250 m x 250 m resolution)

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