Saturday, July 14, 2012

Alsat-1

 2002-054A


SSTL earth observation satellite for CNTS (Centre National des Techniques Spatiales), Algiers, Algeria. AlSAT will be part of the DMC (Disaster Monitoring Constellation). In Jan 2002, ASAL, the Agence Spatiale Algeri'enne, was founded; CNTS takes direction from ASAL.

Mass 80 kg. Alsat will be launched by Kosmos-3M with Mozhaets. 0.6m cube with 6-m gravity boom.

DMC propulsion based on SNAP heritage. Has 26m/s total delta-V.


Alsat-1 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2002 Nov 28  0607  Launch by Kosmos-3M  PL LC132/1 
  T+2:12 St 1 sep 
  T+2:27? Fairing sep
 0614 T+7:? St 2 MECO-1  -60 x 805 x 98 
 0630? St 2 MES-2 
 0630? St 2 MECO-2  681 x 742 x 98.2 
 0641:44  Sep Alsat 
 0641:49  Sep Mozhaets 
2009   Orbit lower, passivation (imaging continues) 
2010 Oct   end of operations 

Payload:

  • 32-m res 3-band camera

  • 100mN resistojet thruster with 2.3 kg of butane

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