Arabsat (satellite)
Arabsat is the name of the geostationary telecommunications satellites of the Arab Satellite Communications Organization , ARABSAT for short in Riyadh . The ARABSAT organization was founded in 1976 by the member states of the Arab League .
The new satellites have been renamed and are called BADR .
purpose
The Arabsat satellites are primarily used for direct reception of radio and television signals in Arabic.
The satellites
The satellites were basically commissioned by the Arabsat company. Due to the increasing demand for transmission capacity, satellites from other companies that were already in space were leased or taken over.
| satellite | COSPAR name | Start date ( UTC ) | Launcher | Launch site | position | comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arabsat 1A | 1985-015A | February 8, 1985 | Ariane 3 | CSG | in operation until 1991 | |
| Arabsat 1B | 1985-048C | June 18, 1985 | Space Shuttle Discovery | suspended by Sultan Salman Abdulaziz Al-Saud from Space Shuttle Discovery, in service until 1992 | ||
| Arabsat 1C | 1992-010B | February 26, 1992 | Ariane 44L | CSG | in operation until 1994 | |
| Arabsat 1D (formerly Anik-D2) | 1984-113B | November 8, 1984 | Space Shuttle Discovery | leased from Telesat Canada from 1993 | ||
| Arabsat 2A | 1996-040A | July 9, 1996 | Ariane 44L | CSG | 26 ° East | no longer in operation |
| Arabsat 2B | 1996-063A | November 13, 1996 | Ariane 44L | CSG | 30.5 ° East | no longer in operation |
| BADR-C (formerly Arabsat 2C and Panamsat 5) | 1997-046A | August 28, 1997 | Proton-K | Baikonur | 26 ° East | Leased from PanAmSat , no longer in operation |
| BADR-2 (formerly Arabsat 2D, Eurobird 2, Hot Bird 5) | 1998-057A | October 9, 1998 | Atlas 2A | CCAFS | 26 ° East | Leased from Eutelsat from 2002 , no longer in operation |
| BADR-3 (formerly Arabsat 3A) | 1999-009A | February 26, 1999 | Ariane 44L | CSG | 30.5 ° East | no longer in operation |
| Arabsat 4A | 2006-006A | February 28, 2006 | Proton-M | Baikonur | never started operation | |
| BADR-4 / Arabsat 4B | 2006-051A | November 8, 2006 | Proton-M | Baikonur | 26 ° East | still in operation |
| BADR-6 (formerly Arabsat 4C) | 2008-034B | July 7, 2008 | Ariane 5 ECA | CSG | 26 ° East | Replacement for Arabsat 4A, still in operation |
| BADR-5 (formerly Arabsat 5B) | 2010-025A | June 3, 2010 | Proton-M | Baikonur | ||
| Arabsat 5A | 2010-032B | June 26, 2010 9:41 PM |
Ariane 5 ECA | CSG | ||
| Arabsat 5C | 2011-049A | September 21, 2011 9:38 pm |
Ariane 5 ECA | CSG | ||
| Arabsat 6A | April 11, 2019 10:35 PM |
Falcon Heavy | KSC | 30.5 ° East | ||
| BADR-7 (Arabsat 6B) | 2015-065B | November 10, 2015 9:34 PM |
Ariane 5 ECA | CSG | 26 ° East |
On 28 February 2006, Arabsat 4A , another name BADR-4 , with a booster rocket of the type Proton-M from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan launched into space. Due to a malfunction of the upper stage of the Proton rocket, Arabsat 4A did not reach its intended orbit and was brought into the earth's atmosphere by a braking maneuver on March 24, 2006, where it burned up as planned.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Arabsat: About Us. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on May 6, 2015 ; accessed on August 14, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
