CDS offers the technological environment for national competence to develop the future Algerian satellite systems.
Algeria's objective is to make space tools a powerful instrument in national prosperity in the fields of earth observation, meteorology and communications.
The satellite integration building consists of a large clean room of class 100000, with 4 subareas dedicated to: Those areas are separated by sliding curtains.
Its first images were received on December 17, 2002 at the reception stations of the Center of space technics (Centre national des techniques spatiales CNTS) at Arzew, Algeria.
Alsat-2A is a high resolution Earth observation satellite that was integrated and tested in France at the d'EADS Astrium workshops with participation of 29 Algerian engineers.
[3] The satellite is based on the Myriade platform of the Centre national d'études spatiales (CNES) and is placed in a polar heliosynchonous orbit.
It has the following characteristics:[2] Alsat-2b is the second high resolution Earth observation satellite and the 2nd unit of the Alsat-2 program launched on 26 September 2016 with a PSLV-C35 rocket.
the main mission objectives are test of three innovative components: camera, fin solar films and a measure of radiation.
[6] Alsat-1N was launched on September 26, 2016 by an ISRO PSLV [1] [1] Three scientific and technology demonstration payloads: Is a telecommunications satellites program.