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Infrastructure & Cloud
Algeria in Space: Alcomsat-1, ASAL, and the Satellite Communications Infrastructure
ALGERIATECH Editorial
January 23, 2026
Algeria's Place in the Space Communications Landscape On December 10, 2017, Algeria launched Alcomsat-1, its first telecommunications satellite, from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China aboard a Long March 3B rocket. Built by the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST)
