AlSat 1

Algeria


Spacecraft n°:

Algerian satellite n°: 1


Launch data:

Designation27559 / 02054A
Launch date28 Nov 2002 - 06:07:07 UT
Launch site:Plesetsk, LC-132/1
Launch vehicle: Cosmos 3M (11K65M)
MissionGovernment: Earth Observation & imaging (C)
LEO Earth orbit, Sun-sync.:
Perigee / Apogee 680 x 744 km
Eccentricity 4.52E-03
Inclination 98.2°
Period 99.02 min

Built with and for the Algerian Centre National des Techniques Spatiales (CNTS). It will monitor desert and water resources.

Alsat 1 is part of an international collaboration to launch the first constellation of Earth observation satellites specifically designed for disaster monitoring.

The Disaster Monitoring Constellation (DMC) should quickly count 5 satellites. Construction of BILSAT-1 (Turkey); the UK-DMC microsatellite (BNSC-UK) and NigeriaSat-1 are well underway at SSTL. The fifth microsatellite (ThaiPaht-2) is being built at the Mahanakorn University of Technology (MUT) in Bangkok, Thailand by a team previously trained at Surrey. The satellites for Algeria, Turkey and Nigeria are also being built under a KHTT programme at Surrey.


Spacecraft data:

Prime contractor  Surrey Satellite Technologies Ltd (SSTL) / UK
Operator Centre National des Techniques Spatiales (CNTS)
Platform  Microsat-100
Mass at launch98 kg
Dry Mass 95 kg
Dimension0.6 x 0.6 x 0.6 m
Solar array None, solar cells
Equipment 32-meter resolution imager in 3 spectral bands
Stabilization 6m gravity gradient boom + momentum wheel
DC power  240 W
Design lifetime  5 yrs


Specifications


Payload

Wavebands near-IR
red
green
Swath width 600 km
Resolution 32 m


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