Pakistani Space Program news & updates

[The Juggernaut]

Technical details of Pakistan cube sat:

Technical Details & Subsystems
Design Life: 3 Months

Communication Link:

• X-Band for both TT &C and imaging data transfer
• Data rate 1 kbps

Attitude Control:

• Three axis control using Reaction Wheels, Star sensor and Sun sensors

Power:

• Battery = 12 V , 11.6 AH
• Two deployed solar panels

Payload:

• 2 Cameras, one mega pixels (1280 x 720) mounted on +/- X panels
• Task: (i) Imaging Lunar Surface (ii) Imaging Earth from Lunar Orbit (iii) Moon and Earth together

Quite a capacity, I must say.

Stories behind Pakistan's first Moon orbiterView attachment 259089

Pakis don't need space exploration and lunar vehicle, they just need an excuse for sen2sem cope.

 

[skywatcher]