ALSAT-1B

Algerian satellite for agricultural and disaster monitoring. ALSAT-1B was launched on September 26, 2016 aboard a PSLV from Sriharikota. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.

COSPAR 2016-059CNORAD 41785Algeria

Identity

Name in GCAT: ALSAT-1B
Payload designation: DMC Alsat-1B
International designator: 2016-059C
NORAD catalog number: 41785
GCAT identifier: S41785
UN registration: ST/SG/SER.E/783

Mission

Mission type: Optical imaging
Use: Civil government
Program: Alsat
Owner: ASAL
Country: Algeria
Builder: Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd/Astrium
Platform (bus): SSTL-100

Launch

Date: September 26, 2016 · 03:42 UTC
Launch record: 2016-059Success
Rocket: PSLV
Spaceport: Sriharikota · pad FLP

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT): LEO/S
Perigee: 661 km
Apogee: 704 km
Inclination: 98.20°
Status: In orbit
Last known active: January 2023

Size

Mass: 103 kg
Dry mass: 103 kg
Length: 0.6 m
Diameter: 0.60 m
Span: 6.6 m

Launched together

PrathamSpace science · IITB PISatOptical imaging · PES Univ.ALSAT-2BOptical imaging · ASAL Pathfinder-1Optical imaging · BlackSky Global CanX-7Technology · UTIAS-SFL ALSAT-1NTechnology · ASAL SCATSAT-1Earth science · ISRO

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q27048779 (CC0).