Alsat 2A

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General

Designation	36798 / 10035D
Launch date	12 Jul 2010
Country of origin	Algeria
Mission	Remote sensing
Perigee/Apogee	633 km, sunsynchronous
Inclination	98.2°
Period	98.2 min (4 days revisit)
Launch vehicle	PSLV #17

For the Algerian Centre National des Techniques Spatiales (CNTS).

The two Alsat 2 satellites sum up to $17 million.


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n2yo.com tracking

Technical data

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Specifications

Prime contractor	Astrium
Platform	AstroSat100 (Myriade)
Mass at launch	116 kg
Dry mass
Dimension
Solar array
Stabilization	3-axis
DC power
Design lifetime

Will have a resolution of 2.5 metres in panchromatic mode and 10 metres in each of four colour bands in multispectral mode. Its swath width is 17.5 km.

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