Algerian Space Agency
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(French) Agence spatiale algérienne (Arabic) الوَكَالَة الفَضَائِيَّة الجَزَائِرِيَّة (Berber) Tafullut Tadzayrit n Tallunt |
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ASAL's seal.
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| ASAL overview | |
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| Formed | January 16, 2002 |
| Headquarters | 14 rue Omar Aissaoui El Hammadia, Bouzareah  AlgiersCoordinates: 36°47′24″N 3°1′4″E / 36.79000°N 3.01778°E |
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| Website | www |
| Algerian Space Agency | |
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| Standard Arabic | |
| Abjad | الوَكَالَة الفَضَائِيَّة الجَزَائِرِيَّة |
| Romanization | Al-Wakāla al-Faḍā’iyya al-Jazā’iriyya |
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| Tifinagh | ⵜⴰⴼⵓⵍⵍⵓⵜ ⵜⴰⴷⵣⴰⵢⵔⵉⵜ ⵏ ⵜⴰⵍⵍⵓⵏⵜ |
| Latin | Tafullut Tadzayrit n Tallunt |
| French | |
| French | Agence spatiale algérienne |
The Algerian Space Agency (Arabic: الوَكَالَة الفَضَائِيَّة الجَزَائِرِيَّة), (ASAL) was established on January 16, 2002 in Bouzareah, Algiers. It is in charge of the Algerian space program. ASAL has flown five different satellites.
ASAL targets to :
The Algerian Space Agency consists of a central structure and four operational entities that are: Center of Space Techniques (CTS), Space Applications Center (SAC), Satellite Development Center (SDC), and Telecommunications Systems Operating Center (TSOC) .
In order to achieve the objectives set out under the National Space Program, the Algerian Space Agency has carried out bilateral and multilateral cooperation actions with space forces on the one hand and emerging countries on the other And developing countries.
Regarding bilateral cooperation, the Algerian Space Agency signed:
Concerning multilateral cooperation, the Algerian Space Agency has undertaken the following actions:
Since the accession of Algeria to the Committee on the Pacific Uses of the Outer Space (COPUOS) of the Nations in 2002, Algeria has ratified three agreements, namely the Atmospheric Space Treaty, On Accountability and the Registration Convention.
As such, the Algerian space agency actively participates regularly in the activities initiated by the United Nations Office of Space Affairs, notably through:
Climate Change and Adaptation in Africa - The Role of Space Technologies in October 2007.
The Algerian Space Agency also participates, on behalf of Algeria, in the various subsidiary organs of the United Nations, including the Board of Directors of the African Regional Center for Science Technologies in the Space of Nations (CRASTE).
It is in this capacity that the agency was designated for the organization of the 5th session of the Board of Directors of the Center held on 26 June 2012 in Algiers.
Algeria, represented by the Algerian space agency, is invited to all conferences and debates around the use of space technologies for sustainable development. It is as the agency:
Algeria, South Africa and Nigeria initiated in 2004, on the sidelines of the work of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) in Vienna, a constellation of satellite observation satellites (ARMC), which culminated in the signing of the ARMC agreement between Algeria, South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria, on 7 December 2009 in Algiers.
This constellation project aims to contribute to the knowledge and the rational management of the resources essential to the consolidation of the process of development and the fight against poverty initiated through the NEPAD through the daily coverage in images and the provision of services at a lower cost In a very short time.
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