عرب سات
Arabsat, the Arab Satellite Communications Organization, is a leading communications satellite operator in the Arab world, headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Founded in 1976 by the Arab League, it owns and operates multiple satellites in geostationary orbit, delivering telecommunications, broadcasting, and broadband services. Arabsat partners with various organizations, including ZainTech, Loft Orbital, Thales Alenia Space, and Marlink, to expand its service offerings, including cloud services, LEO infrastructure, and advanced satellite technologies.
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Arabsat-1A, the first Arabsat satellite, was built by Alcatel Alenia in 1985.
Airbus Defence and Space won the contract to build the Badr-8 satellite for Arabsat.
Airbus Defence & Space announced orders in 2020 to sell one satellite to Arabsat of Saudi Arabia.
Arabsat awarded Airbus a contract in August to build the BADR-8 satellite to provide C- and Ku-band coverage over Europe, the Middle East, and Central Asia.
Optus, Yahsat and Arabsat each ordered a satellite from Airbus in 2020, and Hispasat ordered a satellite from Thales Alenia Space.
Arabsat ordered a geostationary communications satellite from Airbus Defence and Space on 2022-08-18.
Arabsat plans to spend $300,000,000 on the manufacture, launch, insurance, and ground infrastructure for the satellite Badr-8.
Badr-8 should take four to five months to reach geostationary orbit depending on the launch vehicle selected by Arabsat.
Global Eagle’s top unsecured creditors include SES ($26,600,000), Intelsat ($9,800,000), Yahsat ($3,600,000), Hughes Network Systems ($3,100,000), Telesat ($2,500,000), Arabsat ($1,000,000), and AsiaSat ($960,000).
Arabsat-6A and SaudiGeoSat-1/Hellas Sat-4 were the other two commercial LM2100 satellites built at a loss and are two Arabsat spacecraft.
Brand protection company MarkMonitor released a report on 2019-09-16 finding that content pirated by an organization called beoutQ was being broadcast via Arabsat.
SpaceX had planned to use a new center booster core for the STP-2 launch even before the Arabsat center core was lost after landing.
Arabsat announced plans to launch with SpaceX in spring 2015 while still deciding between the Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy.
Arabsat announced plans to launch with SpaceX in spring 2015 but had not decided between Falcon 9 or Falcon Heavy at that time.
Arabsat selected the Falcon Heavy in September 2015 for a mission that was anticipated in late 2017 or 2018.
Arabsat selected Falcon Heavy in September for a mission initially anticipated in late 2017 or 2018.
Arabsat chose Falcon Heavy to extend Arabsat-6A’s lifespan beyond the typical 15 years for a geostationary communications satellite.
Arabsat chose the Falcon Heavy for Arabsat-6A to extend the satellite’s operational life beyond the typical 15 years for a geostationary communications satellite.
Arabsat purchased the satellite that is divided into SaudiGeoSat-1 for KACST (King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology) and Hellas Sat-4 for Hellas Sat, a subsidiary of Arabsat serving Greece and Cyprus.
Arabsat has a second LM2100 satellite, Arabsat-6A, slated to launch later 2019 on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket.