The Badr-1 (Urdu: بد ر-ا, meaning New Moon-1) was the first artificial and the first digital communication satellite launched by Pakistan's supreme national space authority — the SUPARCO — in 1990. The Badr-I was Pakistan's first indigenously developed and manufactured digital communications and an experimental artificial satellite which was launched into low Earth orbit by Pakistan on July 16, 1990, through a Chinese rocket carrier. The launch ushered in new military, technological, and scientific developments in Pakistan and also provided data on radio-signal distribution in the ionosphere. Originally planned to launched from United States in 1986, the Challenger disaster furthered delayed the launch of the satellite which changed the plan. After People's Republic of China offered Pakistan to use its facility, the Badr-I was finally launched XLSC in 1990 through Long March 2E (LM2E). It was also the first flight of LM2E for carrying the spacecraft into the orbit. Badr-I traveled at 61,500 miles per hour, taking taking 96.3 minutes to complete an orbit, and emitting radio signals at 145 to 435 MHz which were operated by Pakistan Amateur Radio Society (PARS). The Badr-I successfully completed its designed life, and a new satellite was proposed to developed.
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