# AlSat-2B
*missions*

## Specifications
- **country**: Algeria
- **operator**: asal
- **platform**: astrosat-100
- **launch vehicle**: isro-pslv
- **actual launch**: 2016-09-26
- **current status**: extended
- **orbit type**: Sun-synchronous orbit, about 670 km
- **swath km**: 17.5
- **revisit days**: 3
- **tasking supported**: true
- **current geographic priority**: Algeria and national land, coastal, and civil-planning 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":"2016-09-26","current_status":"extended","orbit_type":"Sun-synchronous orbit, about 670 km","swath_km":17.5,"revisit_days":3,"tasking_supported":true,"current_geographic_priority":"Algeria and national land, coastal, and civil-planning applications"}

## Editorial
AlSat-2B is the second ALSAT-2 high-resolution Algerian optical Earth-observation mission, using the ALSAT-2 NAOMI payload and an AstroSat-100 / Myriade-derived small-satellite platform.[^airbus-alsat-2b][^eoportal-alsat-2] It launched on 2016-09-26 on ISRO PSLV-C35 into a sun-synchronous orbit at about 670 km.[^isro-pslv-launches][^airbus-alsat-2b] The ALSAT-2 programme heritage gives 2.5 m panchromatic and 10 m multispectral imaging over a 17.5 km swath.[^alsat-2-programme-pdf][^eoportal-alsat-2] Its application set covers urban planning, agriculture, coastal planning, cartography, civil-project monitoring, and environmental monitoring.[^airbus-alsat-2b][^eoportal-alsat-2]

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

## Sources
- [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
- [airbus-alsat-2b] | Successful launch of ALSAT-2B completes Airbus Defence and Space's ALSAT programme | https://www.airbus.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2016-09-successful-launch-of-alsat-2b-completes-airbus-defence-and-spaces-alsat-programme | tier=operator-press | accessed=2026-06-21 | published=2016-09-26
- [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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