# AlSat-2A
*missions*

## Specifications
- **country**: Algeria
- **operator**: asal
- **platform**: astrosat-100
- **launch vehicle**: isro-pslv
- **actual launch**: 2010-07-12
- **current status**: extended
- **orbit type**: Sun-synchronous orbit, about 670-680 km
- **swath km**: 17.5
- **revisit days**: 3
- **tasking supported**: true
- **current geographic priority**: Algeria and national resource-management applications
- **entity type**: mission
- **last verified date**: 2026-06-21
- **verified by**: agency-doc
- **claim status**: agency-sourced
- **provider**: asal
- **attributes**: {"country":"Algeria","operator":"asal","platform":"astrosat-100","launch_vehicle":"isro-pslv","actual_launch":"2010-07-12","current_status":"extended","orbit_type":"Sun-synchronous orbit, about 670-680 km","swath_km":17.5,"revisit_days":3,"tasking_supported":true,"current_geographic_priority":"Algeria and national resource-management applications"}

## Editorial
AlSat-2A is a high-resolution Algerian optical Earth-observation mission carrying the ALSAT-2 NAOMI payload on an AstroSat-100 / Myriade-derived small-satellite platform.[^alsat-2-programme-pdf][^eoportal-alsat-2] It launched on 2010-07-12 on ISRO PSLV-C15 into a sun-synchronous orbit at about 670 to 680 km.[^isro-pslv-c15][^isro-pslv-launches] The imaging payload is described with 2.5 m panchromatic resolution, 10 m multispectral resolution, a 17.5 km swath, and a three-day revisit.[^alsat-2-programme-pdf][^eoportal-alsat-2] The mission supports cartography, agriculture, forestry, water management, mineral resources work, land-use planning, and disaster response.[^alsat-2-programme-pdf][^eoportal-alsat-2]

## Compositional position
- AlSat-2A --[mission_payloads]--> naomi-alsat-2 (products)
- AlSat-2A --[mission_buses]--> astrosat-100 (products)
- AlSat-2A --[related-topic]--> land-cover-change (topics)
- AlSat-2A --[related-topic]--> deforestation (topics)
- AlSat-2A --[related-topic]--> disaster-damage-assessment (topics)
- AlSat-2A --[brand-grouping]--> alsat-2b (missions)

## Sources
- [isro-pslv-c15] | PSLV-C15 / CARTOSAT-2B mission, ISRO | https://www.isro.gov.in/ISRO_EN/mission_PSLV_C15_CARTOSAT_2B.html | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-21
- [isro-pslv-launches] | List of PSLV Launches, ISRO | https://www.isro.gov.in/ISRO_EN/PSLV_Launchers.html | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-21
- [alsat-2-programme-pdf] | ALSAT-2 Programme, ASAL/Astrium presentation | http://seminar.spaceutm.edu.my/eoss2007/Material/Session6/Presenter/07-11-26%20GL%20Alsat%20Presentation.PDF | tier=operator-engineering | accessed=2026-06-21
- [eoportal-alsat-2] | AlSat-2A and AlSat-2B, eoPortal | https://www.eoportal.org/satellite-missions/alsat-2 | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-21

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