AlComSat 1 at 25° W
Technical details
- Status
- active
- Orbital position
- 25° WChannel line-up at 25° W | Coverage maps
- NORAD number
- 43039
- COSPAR number
- 2017-078A
- Operator
- Agence Spatiale Algerienne (ASAL)
- Manufacturer
- China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC)
- Model
- DFH-4 Bus
- Launch
- 10 Dec 2017 from Xichang Satellite Launch Center on Long March CZ-3B/E
- Launch mass
- 5200 kg
- Expected lifetime
- 15+ yrs.
- Orbit
- GEO
Beams
- L-band Navigation beam (L band) View footprint
- Ku-band North Africa beam (Ku band) View footprint
- Ka-band S01 Spot beam (Ka band) View footprint
- Ka-band S02 Spot beam (Ka band) View footprint
- Ka-band S03 Spot beam (Ka band) View footprint
- Ka-band S04 Spot beam (Ka band) View footprint
- Ka-band S05 Spot beam (Ka band) View footprint
- Ka-band S06 Spot beam (Ka band) View footprint
- Ka-band S07 Spot beam (Ka band) View footprint
- Ka-band S08 Spot beam (Ka band) View footprint
- Ka-band S09 Spot beam (Ka band) View footprint
- Ka-band S10 Spot beam (Ka band) View footprint
About AlComSat 1
19 BSS and FSS Ku-band channels, 12 Ka-band channels and 2 L/C-band navigation channels. 9 Ku-band transponders are dedicated to the distribution of TV and digital radio channels while the rest of Ku-band capacity to be used for medium speed (2 Mb/s) communications in North Africa covering Tunisia, Northern Chad and Northern Sudan. Ka-band capacity will be used for high-speed broadband internet (20 Mb/s) covering the entire Algerian territory and water.