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 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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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