Badr-B
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The Badr-B was Pakistan's second spacecraft and the first Earth observation satellite launched into Sun-synchronous orbit on 10 December 2001 at 09:15 by SUPARCO — Pakistan's national space agency. Ba
Badr-B atop a Zenit-2 rocket, before the launch
Zenit-2
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The Zenit-2 was a Ukrainian, previously Soviet, expendable carrier rocket. First flown in 1985, it has been launched 37 times, with 6 failures. It is a member of the Zenit family of rockets designed b
Badr-B
…the Air Force Strategic Command flew the Badr-B to Kazakhstan where it was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome on 10 December 2001 abroad a Ukrainian Zenit-2 rocket. The economic cost of the Badr-B is not publicly known but it is estimated to be more costly than the first satellite, Badr-I. For its design…
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