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Arabsat’s Badr-6 payload was shut off for a few hours on 2023-02-06 to preserve power and fuel at its geostationary orbital slot.
SpaceX is slated to launch Badr-8 in May on a Falcon 9 to replace and expand Arabsat’s C-band and Ku-band capacity at 26 degrees east.
Badr-6, also known as Arabsat 4AR, has 24 C-band and 20 Ku-band transponders for primarily providing video broadcasting services and supporting telephony and data transmissions.
Arabsat engineers quickly transferred customers from Badr-6 to other Arabsat satellites operating at 26 degrees east, resulting in minimal customer disruption.
Arabsat is in talks to buy Ka-band capacity in the Middle East and Africa from another operator.
Arabsat plans to order a Ka-band high throughput satellite before the end of the year for a launch in 2025 or 2026.
Arab Satellite Communications Organization (Arabsat) will participate in IBC 2022 from 2022-09-09 to 2022-09-12.
Airbus provided the artistic rendition of Arabsat’s Badr-8 satellite.
Arabsat will showcase services related to Badr-8 that are scheduled to launch in early 2023.
The Falcon 9 booster used for the KPLO launch previously supported the launches of Arabsat-6A, STP-2, COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation FM2, and two Starlink missions.
Arabsat 5A was launched in 2010 with an expected operational life of 15 years.
On 2022-04-29 Arabsat signed a contract with Thales Alenia Space for Arabsat 7A, which Thales Alenia Space will build on its Space Inspire platform.
Hadi Alhassani, Arabsat’s vice president and chief strategy officer, considers flexible GEO satellites the answer to competition from LEO constellations as of 2022-03-21.
Arabsat has ordered its first fully software-defined geostationary satellite to provide flexible coverage across the Middle East, Africa, and parts of Europe.
ARABSAT and Thales Alenia Space have signed a contract for Thales Alenia Space to build ARABSAT-7A as a fully flexible Software-Defined Satellite based on the Space Inspire platform.
ARABSAT-7A will offer high-throughput Ku-band capacity to support ARABSAT’s expansion of services across the Middle East, Africa, and parts of Europe.
The Falcon 9 booster that launched COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation FM2 previously supported the launches of Arabsat-6A and STP-2.
Arabsat collaborated with Globecast in Asia to upgrade the broadcast of the CGTN-Arabic TV channel to high-definition (HD).
Falcon Heavy launched the Arabsat-6A communications satellite in April 2019.
Arabsat will participate in the CABSAT Exhibition 2021 “Satellite MENA 2021” from 2021-10-26 to 28, 2021 at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre.