Payload
ALSAT-3A
OperationalPayloadLEO
ALSAT-3A is a Algeria payload satellite, launched on January 15, 2026 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- January 15, 2026 at 04:01 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Jiuquan, China
- Launched by
- Long March 2C →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Mission
- AlSat 3A
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 506 km
- Periapsis
- 485 km
- Inclination
- 97.46°
- Orbital period
- 94.52 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Algeria
- Launch mass
- 500 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2026-009A
- NORAD catalog №
- 67474
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Algeria- Status
- Operational
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