Algeria – Spaceflight Now

March 8, 2026

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Chinese rocket launches with first Algerian communications satellite

December 10, 2017 Stephen Clark

A Chinese-built telecom satellite for Algeria successfully launched Sunday aboard a Long March 3B rocket, heading toward a perch more than 22,000 miles over the equator to provide television broadcasts, broadband Internet, remote education and emergency communications services.

India declares success on PSLV’s most complex mission

September 26, 2016 Stephen Clark

Eight satellites blasted off Monday on top of an Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, including an instrument to track tropical cyclones, a pathfinder for a U.S.-owned commercial Earth observation fleet, and multiple spacecraft for Algeria.