On July 9, 2018, at 03:56 the “Long March –2C” (“Changzheng-2C”) rocket-carrier was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan, Gansu Province, the northwest of China. The rocket orbited two satellites for Pakistan’s national space agency. The Pakistan “PRSS-1” Remote Sensing Satellite was the mission’s primary payload. The satellite was built in China by DFH Satellite Co. Ltd. An experimental Earth observation satellite named “PAKTES-1A”, designed and built in Pakistan with contributions from South Africa was orbited by the same rocket.