Production Corporation PolyotKosmos-3M (11K65M)132/1 (132L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
AlSat-1
Launched
November 28, 2002
Image: Julio Perez Suarez
Summary
AlSat-1 launched on a Production Corporation Polyot Kosmos-3M (11K65M) from 132/1 (132L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation on November 28, 2002. It was Production Corporation Polyot's 41st launch, 4th this year and humanity's 4,567th orbital launch attempt. It was the 428th Kosmos-3M (11K65M) flight and the 4th this year. The payload was bound for Polar Orbit (PO). AlSat-1, one of 5 catalogued objects, reached a 688 × 750 km orbit inclined 98.2°. 5 objects from this launch are catalogued, 2 of them payloads.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Kosmos-3M (11K65M) · Production Corporation Polyot
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Polar Orbit (PO)
- Milestone
- 428th Kosmos-3M (11K65M) flight · 4th this yearProduction Corporation Polyot's 41st launch4th this yearhumanity's 4,567th orbital launch attempt56th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
AlSat-1 · NORAD 27559 · 2002-054 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 5 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- ALSAT-1
- Object ID
- 2002-054A
- Epoch
- 2002-11-28 07:32:25 UTC
- Mean motion
- 14.54233099 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.004337
- Inclination
- 98.2332°
- Ascending node
- 217.0176°
- Arg. of perigee
- 72.5437°
- Mean anomaly
- 288.0513°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: PO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
5 catalogued: 2 payloads, 1 rocket stage, 2 components; 5 still in orbit
- AlSat-1 · NORAD 27559 · in orbit
- Mozhaets-3 · NORAD 27560 · in orbit
Kosmos-3M 79-802 Stage 2 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this 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.
Pad
132/1 (132L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
196th launch from 132/1 (132L), 4th this year · 1,526th from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
212 launches from this pad · 1,688 from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
62 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did AlSat-1 launch?
AlSat-1 launched on November 28, 2002. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch AlSat-1?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched AlSat-1?
Kosmos-3M (11K65M), flown by Production Corporation Polyot. Kosmos-3M (11K65M) spec sheet
Where did AlSat-1 launch from?
132/1 (132L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation.
What orbit did AlSat-1 reach?
AlSat-1, one of 5 catalogued objects, reached a 688 × 750 km orbit inclined 98.2°.
How many satellites did AlSat-1 launch?
2 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 2 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).