Chronology of Pakistan's rocket tests

The Suparco's spaceflight missions and tests were the sounding rocket launches of the Space Research Commission (SUPARCO) that was aimed for developing high-altitude rockets and space booster for the development of the country's space programme. The exploration programme provides opportunities for physics, atmospheric physics and astrophysics, investigations from Upper atmosphere. Since its inception, over ~200 sounding rockets were launched by Suparco from 1962 till its partial termination in 1972.

Originally, it has been a SUPARCO programme and is still active as of current. The space mission programme has taken over by various aerospace authorities, institutions, including many international collaborations, in the country. Since late 1980s, most of the tests have been involved in the research and development, followed by the physical testings of the ballistic missile have also been conducted and mentioned. Notable spaceflights of the launchers have included Rehbar-I, Shaheen-I/Shaheen-II, various Ghauri-II space boosters and missiles.

Spaceflight by year

Rocket launch	Launch Date	Mission	Institutional authority	Launch Site	Outcomes	Derivatives
Rehbar-I	June 7, 1962; 14:45 GMT	Aeronomy	SUPARCO	Sonmiani Terminal	Level 1; Success	Nike-Cajun
Rehbar-II	June 11, 1962; 14:50 GMT	Aeronomy	SUPARCO	Sonmiani Terminal	Level 1; Success	Nike-Cajun
Rehbar-3	March 18, 1964; 14:50 GMT	Aeronomy	SUPARCO	Sonmiani Terminal	Level 1; Success	Judi-Dart
Rehbar-4	January 12, 1966; 12:30 GMT	Aeronomy	SUPARCO	Sonmiani Terminal	Level 2; Success	Judi-Dart
Rehbar-5	January 26, 1966; 12:18 GMT	Aeronomy	SUPARCO	Sonmiani Terminal	Level 2; Success	Judi-Dart
Rehbar-6	February 16, 1966; 04:30 GMT	Aeronomy	SUPARCO	Sonmiani Terminal	Level 2; Success	Judi-Dart
Rehbar-7	January 26, 1966; 12:18 GMT	Aeronomy	SUPARCO	Sonmiani Terminal	Level 2; Success	Judi-Dart
Rehbar-15	May 3, 1967; 14:29 GMT	Aeronomy	SUPARCO	Sonmiani Terminal	Level 1; Success	Centaure
Shahpar-1	May 5, 1967; 14:29 GMT	Test Mission	SUPARCO	Sonmiani Terminal	Level 1; Success	Dragon
Rehbar-16	May 7, 1967; 14:30 GMT	Aeronomy	SUPARCO	Sonmiani Terminal	Level 1; Success	Centaure
Rehbar-17	March 23, 1968; 19:04 GMT	Aeronomy	SUPARCO	Sonmiani Terminal	Level 1; Success	Centaure
Shahpar-2	March 29, 1968; 19:20 GMT	Test Mission	SUPARCO	Sonmiani Terminal	Level 1; Success	Dragon
Rehbar-18	April 3, 1968; 05:38 GMT	Aeronomy	SUPARCO	Sonmiani Terminal	Level 1; Success	Centaure
Rehbar-19	February 9, 1969; 13:46 GMT	Aeronomy	SUPARCO	Sonmiani Terminal	Level 2; Failure	Centaure
Rehbar-20	February 13, 1969; 13:48 GMT	Aeronomy	SUPARCO	Sonmiani Terminal	Level 2; Failure	Centaure
Rehnuma-1	March 31, 1969; 14:18 GMT	Aeronomy	SUPARCO	Sonmiani Terminal	Level 1; Partial Success	Centaure
Rehnuma-2	June 16, 1969; 14:34 GMT	Aeronomy	SUPARCO	Sonmiani Terminal	Level 2; Success	Judi-Dart
Rehnuma-3	July 20, 1969; 14:30 GMT	Aeronomy	SUPARCO	Sonmiani Terminal	Level 2; Success	Judi-Dart
Rehnuma-4	July 30, 1969; 14:45 GMT	Aeronomy	SUPARCO	Sonmiani Terminal	Level 2; Success	Judi-Dart
Rehnuma-5	August 15, 1969; 14:30 GMT	Aeronomy	SUPARCO	Sonmiani Terminal	Level 2; Success	Judi-Dart
Rehnuma-6	September 10, 1969; 14:30 GMT	Aeronomy	SUPARCO	Sonmiani Terminal	Level 2; Success	Judi-Dart
Rehnuma-7	October 22, 1969; 13:50 GMT	Aeronomy	SUPARCO	Sonmiani Terminal	Level 2; Success	Judi-Dart
Rehnuma-8	November 19, 1969; 13:10 GMT	Aeronomy	SUPARCO	Sonmiani Terminal	Level 2; Success	Judi-Dart
Rehnuma-9	November 20, 1969; 13:50 GMT	Aeronomy	SUPARCO	Sonmiani Terminal	Level 2; Success	Judi-Dart
Rehnuma-10	December 17, 1969; 13:10 GMT	Aeronomy	SUPARCO	Sonmiani Terminal	Level 2; Success	Judi-Dart
Rehnuma-11	December 31, 1969; 13:50 GMT	Aeronomy	SUPARCO	Sonmiani Terminal	Level 2; Success	Judi-Dart
Judi-Dart 1	January 14, 1970; 13:00 GMT	Aeronomy	SUPARCO	Sonmiani Terminal	Level 2; Success	Judi-Dart
Judi-Dart 1	January 14, 1970; 15:15 GMT	Aeronomy	SUPARCO	Sonmiani Terminal	Level 2; Success	Judi-Dart
Judi-Dart 1	January 14, 1970; 14:00 GMT	Aeronomy	SUPARCO	Sonmiani Terminal	Level 2; Success	Judi-Dart
Judi-Dart 1	February 11, 1970; 13:30 GMT	Aeronomy	SUPARCO	Sonmiani Terminal	Level 2; Success	Judi-Dart
Judi-Dart 2	March 11, 1970; 14:30 GMT	Aeronomy	SUPARCO	Sonmiani Terminal	Level 2; Success	Judi-Dart
Judi-Dart 2	March 11, 1970; 14:30 GMT	Aeronomy	SUPARCO	Sonmiani Terminal	Level 2; Success	Judi-Dart
Rehbar 21	March 27, 1970; 00:00 GMT	Aeronomy	SUPARCO	Sonmiani Terminal	Level 2; Success	Nike-Cajun
Rehbar 22	March 28, 1970; 15:45 GMT	Aeronomy	SUPARCO	Sonmiani Terminal	Level 2; Success	Nike-Cajun
Judi-Dart 2	March 28, 1970; 00:00 GMT	Aeronomy	SUPARCO	Sonmiani Terminal	Level 2; Success	Judi-Dart
Judi-Dart 1	April 15, 1970; 14:45 GMT	Aeronomy	SUPARCO	Sonmiani Terminal	Level 2; Success	Judi Dart
Judi-Dart 1	April 15, 1970; 13:45 GMT	Aeronomy	SUPARCO	Sonmiani Terminal	Level 2; Success	Judi Dart
Judi-Dart 1	June 17, 1970; 14:50 GMT	Aeronomy	SUPARCO	Sonmiani Terminal	Level 2; Success	Judi Dart
Judi-Dart 1	July 15, 1970; 15:05 GMT	Aeronomy	SUPARCO	Sonmiani Terminal	Level 2; Success	Judi Dart
Judi-Dart 1	October 21, 1970; 15:45 GMT	Aeronomy	SUPARCO	Sonmiani Terminal	Level 2; Success	Judi Dart
Judi-Dart 1	November 25, 1970; 13:14 GMT	Aeronomy	SUPARCO	Sonmiani Terminal	Level 2; Success	Judi Dart
Judi-Dart 1	December 30, 1970; 14:50 GMT	Aeronomy	SUPARCO	Sonmiani Terminal	Level 1; Success	Judi Dart
Rehbar-23	April 7, 1972; 14:20 GMT	Ionosphere Mission	SUPARCO	Sonmiani Terminal	Level 1; Success	Centaure
Rehbar-24	April 8, 1972; 14:18 GMT	Ionosphere Mission	SUPARCO	Sonmiani Terminal	Level 1; Success	Centaure
Shahpar-3	April 28, 1972; 00:18 GMT	Test Mission	SUPARCO	Sonmiani Terminal	Level 1; Success	Centaure

Spacecraft by year

Spacecraft name	Launch date	Launch site	Launch vehicle	Mission	Operated organization	Results
Badr-I	July 16, 1990; 00:40 GMT	Xichang SLC, China	Long March CZ-2E	Dig Com	SUPARCO	Success
Badr-B	December 10, 2001, 17:19 UT	Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan	Zenit-2	Comsats	SUPARCO	Failure

Recent testings and launch

Launch Vehicle	Launch date	Mission	Institutional authority	Launch site	Results
Hatf-I	October 20, 1989; 00:00 GMT	Test Mission: war heads and missile parload	SUPARCO	Sonmiani Terminal	Success
Ghauri-I	April 6, 1998; 04:30 GMT	Test Mission: war heads and Missile payload	KRL	Tilla Terminal Test	Success
Shaheen-I	January 15, 1999; 02:30 GMT	Test Mission: war heads and Missile payload	PAEC	Sonmiani Terminal	Partial Failure
Ghauri-II	April 14, 1999; 05:35 GMT	Test Mission: war heads and Missile payload	KRL	Tilla Terminal Test	Success
Shaheen-I	April 15, 1999; 04:58 GMT	Test Mission: war heads and Missile payload	PAEC	Sonmiani Terminal	Success
Ghauri-III	November 19, 2000; 00:00 GMT	Test Mission: first operational test	KRL	Tilla Terminal Test	Ground Failure
Ghauri-II	May 25, 2002 04:30 GMT	Test Mission: war heads and Missile payload	KRL	Tilla Terminal Test	Success
Shaheen-I	October 24, 2002; 02:30 GMT	Test Mission: war heads and Missile payload	PAEC	Jinnah Naval Test Range	Success
Shaheen-I	October 8, 2002	Test Mission: war heads and Missile payload	PAEC	Sonmiani Terminal	Success
Shaheen-III	March 9, 2004	Test Mission: first operational test; first maiden test	SUPARCO	Tilla Terminal Test	Partial Success
Ghauri-I	May 29, 2004	Operational test	KRL	Tilla Termial Test	Success
Ghauri-I	June 4, 2004	Operational range test	KRL	Tilla Terminal Test	Success
Ghauri-I	October 12, 2004	Operational war-test	KRL	Tilla Terminal Test	Success
Shaheen-II	March 19, 2005	Test Mission; maiden flight test	NDC	Sonmiani Termial	Success
Ghauri-II	November 16, 2006	Test Mission; launch test operation	KRL	Tilla Terminal Test	Success
Shaheen-I	November 29, 2006	Field operational test	PAEC	Sonmiani Terminal	Success
Shaheen-II	February 23, 2007	Test mission; launch test	NDC	Sonmiani Terminal	Success
Abdali-I	March 3, 2007	First test mission; engine testing	SUPARCO	Sonmiani Terminal	Success
Ra'ad	August 25, 2007	Test Mission: Operational test	PAF	Jinnal Naval Test Range	Success
Shaheen-I	January 25, 2008	Routine Test mission	PAEC	Sonmiani Terminal	Success
Shaheen-II	April 19, 2008	Field Operational Test	NDC	Sonmiani Terminal	Success
Shaheen-	April 21, 2008	Operational and capability testing	NDC	JJinnah Naval Test Range	Success
Hatf-XI	April 19, 2011	Test Mission and field operational test	NDC	Tilla Terminal Test	Success

December 10, 2001

Date	Time	Launch Site	Launch Complex	Launch Pad	Launch Vehicle	Model	LV Configuration
2001 December 10 (See Badr-B table below)	17:18 GMT	Baikonur	LC45	LC45/1	Zenit-2	Zenit-2	Zenit-2 19L (1381573091)

Badr-B

• Badr B was Pakistan's second satellite. Built in collaboration with the English company SIL, it had a mass of 70 kg and carried an Earth imager.

Mass	Class	Type	Spacecraft	Manufacturer	Agency	Perigee	Apogee	Inclination	COSPAR	USAF Sat Cat	References	Level
70 kg (154 lb)	Surveillance	Military	Badr-B	SUPARCO (Pakistan) and Rosaviakosmos (Russia)	SUPARCO	996 km (618 mi)	1,015 km (630 mi)	99.70 deg	2001-056C	27003	4, 296, 552, 554	1

May 25, 2002 - November 16, 2006

Date	Time	Launch Site	Launch Vehicle	LV Configuration	Agency	Apogee	References	Level
2002 May 25	04:30 GMT	Tilla	Ghauri	Ghauri Ghauri II	Test mission: Pakistan (KRL)	150 km (90 mi)	1823	1
2002 October 4	02:30 GMT	Sonmiani	Shaheen 1		Test mission: Pakistan (PAEC)	100 km (60 mi)	1823	1.
2002 October 8		Sonmiani	Shaheen 1		Test mission: Pakistan (PAEC)	100 km (60 mi)	1823	1.
2004 March 9		Tilla	Shaheen 3	Hatf 6	Shaheen 3 test		554	1
2004 May 29		Tilla	Ghauri		Ghauri test: Pakistan (KRL)	150 km (90 mi)	1823	1
2004 June 4		Tilla	Ghauri		Test mission: Pakistan (KRL)	150 km (90 mi)	1823	1
2004 October 12		Tilla	Ghauri		Ghauri test: Pakistan (KRL)	150 km (90 mi)	1823	1.
2005 March 19		Tilla	Shaheen 2	Hatf 6	Shaheen 2 test			1
2006 November 16		Tilla	Ghauri		Ghauri test launch			1

External links

• Astronautix: Pakistan