Key statistics
Satellite ALSAT 1 at a glance.
Uptime
8194
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.8
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.2
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for ALSAT 1.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: ALSAT 1
International designator: 2002-054A
Object number (NORAD): 27559
Object ID (CCSDS): 27559
Country: ALGERIA (ALG)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 97.485 minutes
Inclination: 98.2293 deg
SMA: 7016.48 km
Apoapsis: 652.998 km
Periapsis: 623.692 km
RAAN: 295.135 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0020884
Argument of periapsis: 147.2981 deg
Mean anomaly: 212.9526 deg
Mean motion: 14.77147429 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001797 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00026089 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 4, 2025, 5:21 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 4, 2025, 1:12 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 ALSAT 1
TLE line 1: 1 27559U 02054A 25124.55065630 .00001797 00000-0 26089-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 27559 98.2293 295.1350 0020884 147.2981 212.9526 14.77147429202908
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite ALSAT 1.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
ALSAT 1 was an Algerian imaging minisatellite. The 90-kg satellite was the first part of an international Disaster Monitoring System (DMS) for alerting natural/man-made disasters.
ALSAT 1 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | AlSat-1’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Nov. 28, 2002, 6:07 a.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | AlSat-1
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Nov. 28, 2002, 6:07 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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