Génie électrique & Electrical Engineering & الهندسة الكهربائية

Satellite Alcomsat1, devoted to telecommunications, to be launched before June 2017

Director General of the Algerian Space Agency (ASAL) Azzedine Oussedik

ALGIERS- The satellite Alcomsat1, devoted to telecommunications, will be launched before the end of June 2017, announced in Algiers, Director General of the Algerian Space Agency (ASAL) Azzedine Oussedik, underlining that it will allow strengthening the national sovereignty in the fields of telecommunications and broadcasting.

“The satellite Alcomsat1 will be launched before the end of June 2017 with the aim of strengthening the national sovereignty in the fields of telecommunications and broadcasting, of telephony and internet,” stressed Oussedik in a press conference after the successful launch, on Monday 26 september 2016, of three Algerian observation satellites.

He underlined that it was a major programme which has been established, as part of this project, equipped with a terrestrial station in Bouchaoui, with redundancies in the heights of High Plateaus, adding that its running is entrusted to Algerian experts, who are under training.

Oussedik said that this project is carried out in partnership with the Chinese, with whom Algeria has an “important” training programme.

Three Algerian satellites (Alsat-1B, Alsat-2B et Alsat-1N) were successfully launched Monday by the Indian launcher PSLV C-35 from the site of Sriharikota of the Spatial Centre of Satich Dhawan (southeast of India).

ASAL: Three Algerian satellites successfully launched from India

ASAL team launch campaign with two satellite Alsat-2B, and Alsat-1B ready for launch

ALGIERS-Three Algerian satellites (Alsat-1B, Alsat-2B and Alsat-1N) have successfully been launched Monday 26 september morning by Indian launcher PSLV C35 from Sriharikota site (Satich Dahwan Space Center), the Algerian Space Agency announced (ASAL).

Satich Dahwan Space Center's lancher PSLV C-35 put into orbite 8 satellites including three Algerian ones, ASAL said in a communiqué.

Alsat-1B is the second Algerian medium-resolution earth observation satellite launched by Algeria after Alsat-1.

Alsat-1B is part of the DMC" (Disaster Monitoring Constellation) international constellation endowed with an excellent shooting frequency. It contributes to the management of disasters under the International Chart "Space and Major Disasters."

For its part, Alsat-1N is a miniaturized satellite with scientific mission and technology demonstration developed in the framework of the implementation of the cooperation agreement with the United Kingdom Space A (UKSA) by a team of Algerian-British researchers.

Helicopter manufacturing in Setif: signing of MoU between Defence Ministry, Italian Leonardo-Finmeccania

An industrial and trade partnership memorandum of understanding on the manufacturing of AugustaWesland helicopters in Ain Arnat (Setif) was signed Thursday, in Algiers, by the ministry of National Defence and the Italian group Leonardo-Finmeccanica (SPA-Italy) said the ministry in a communiqué.

The memorandum “is part of the implementation of the programme of economic relaunch, initiated by his Excellency the president of the Republic, Supreme chief of the armed forces, minister of National Defence, aimed at re-boosting the national industry and the interest granted by the High command of the People’s National Army to the development of military manufacturing to contribute to national development and strengthen its potentials,” said the source.

The parties to this agreement “agreed this year to create a joint Algerian-Italian company destined to the manufacturing of light and medium helicopters in the industrial site of Ain Arnat.”

“From the first years and following the construction of plants, the main objective of this company is to manufacture three types of light and medium helicopters for various use including the transport of personnel and cargo, medical evacuation, surveillance and control,” added the communiqué.

“From its launch, this company will benefit from a local and international distribution network and an after-sales service that includes all levels of reparations,” said the source.

Fighting Zika: Medicinal plant discovered in North East of Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO (Brazil)- Brazilian researchers discovered a plant in the North East of the country that could be used to fight against the mosquito (Aedes aegypti) which transmits the viruses of Zika, dengue and chikungunya.

The discovery was made by biology students of the State University of Piaui. The study, which started in 2013, was intended to show the effectiveness of “pinon rojo” to eliminate mosquito larvae.

During the study, various levels of larvae of Aedes aegypti were put on the plant. However, when the mosquitoes at larva stage were put in contact with the substance, they died two or three days later because of a toxin secreted by the plant, said the researches on Monday.

According to the researches, the study showed that the pinon rojo succeeded in killing the larvae with a level identical to that of the chemical insecticide.

The mosquito (Aedes aegypti) which causes the Zika epidemic spreads across Southern America, and is now widespread in Brazil.

Morocco launches first solar power plant

King Mohammed VI inaugurated Morocco's first solar power plant

King Mohammed VI on Thursday inaugurated Morocco's first solar power plant, a massive project that the country sees as part of its goal of boosting its clean energy output.

French Environment Minister Segolene Royal was among foreign and local officials who attended the opening on the edge of the Sahara desert, around 20 kilometres (12 miles) outside Ouarzazate.

"The solar plant underlines the country's determination to reduce dependence on fossil fuels, use more renewable energy, and move towards low carbon development," its developers said in a statement.

With an electricity production capacity of 160 megawatts, Noor 1 is supposed to allow Morocco to significantly reduce emissions of greenhouse gases.

The project's next phases Noor 2 and Noor 3 are to follow this year and next, and a call for tenders is open for Noor 4.

Once all phases are complete, it is to be "the largest concentrated solar power plant in the world" and produce 500 megawatts of electricity, providing power to more than one million Moroccans by 2018, its developers said.

It is to reduce Morocco's carbon emissions by 760,000 tonnes per year, they added.

That would be equivalent to around one percent of Morocco's CO2 emissions of around 56.5 million tonnes in 2011, according to World Bank figures.

Morocco launched construction of Noor 1 in 2013, at a cost of 600 million euros ($660 million) and involving roughly 1,000 workers.

Spread over an area equivalent to more than 600 football pitches, the plant's half a million metal mirrors follow the sun as it moves across the sky.

They store thermal energy from its rays and use it to activate steam turbines that produce electricity.

Morocco has scarce oil and gas reserves, and is the biggest importer of energy in the Middle East and North Africa.

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