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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Ariane 5 will carry two telecom satellites: Arabsat’s SaudiGEOSat-1/Hellas Sat 4 and the Indian Space Research Organisation’s GSAT-31.
Hellas Sat 4 will provide Ku-band capacity for Arabsat’s Greek-Cypriot subsidiary Hellas Sat.
The 2019-02-05 Ariane 5 launch will carry Arabsat’s Saudi GeoSat-1/Hellas Sat-4 and ISRO’s GSAT-31 to geostationary transfer orbit.
The three missions that did not take place in 2018—the Arabsat-ISRO Ariane 5, OneWeb’s first Soyuz, and the Italian Space Agency’s Vega launch of Prisma—are on Arianespace’s 2019 manifest.
Arianespace had expected to launch India’s GSAT-31 and Arabsat’s Hellas-Sat-4/SaudiGEOsat-1 on an Ariane 5 by the end of 2018.
Arabsat maintains that its satellites were not used by pirate broadcasters to illegally air 2018 World Cup matches.