Success
AlSat-1
Earth Science
Production Corporation Polyot(NP)Commercial
Kosmos-3M (11K65M)
POorbit
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.
Thursday, November 28, 2002 at 6:07 AM
Mission details
Orbital Attempt
#4,567
NP Mission
#41
Pad Launch
#196
Location Launch
#1,526
Designator
2002-054
Launch Window
NET
Nov 28, 2002, 6:07 AM
Schedule Changes
1 update
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Plesetsk Cosmodrome is a Russian spaceport located in Mirny, Arkhangelsk Oblast, about 800 km north of Moscow and approximately 200 km south of Arkhangelsk. Originally developed as an ICBM site for the R-7 missile, it also served for numerous satellite launches using the R-7 and other rockets. Its high latitude makes it useful only for certain types of launches, especially the Molniya orbits, so for much of the site's history it functioned as a secondary location, with most orbital launches taking place from Baikonur, in the Kazakh SSR. With the end of the Soviet Union, Baikonur became a foreign territory, and Kazakhstan charged $115 million usage fees annually. Consequently, Plesetsk has seen considerably more activity since the 2000s.
Timezone
Europe/Moscow
Local Launch Time
Nov 28, 2002, 9:07 AM
Total Launches
1,685
Total Landings
0
Coordinates
62.9256, 40.5778