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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.
The Arabsat Board of Directors selected H.E. Eng. Haitham Al-Ohali as Chairman on Wednesday, 2021-08-25.
ARABSAT selected AXESS Networks to provide connectivity and teleport services on the Appendix 30B C-Band space segment on-board the ARABSAT-5A satellite at an orbital location of 30.5°E.
ARABSAT selected AXESS Networks based on AXESS’ infrastructure and operational experience delivering services to the region.
ARABSAT and AXESS Networks are establishing an Appendix C-Band Network that includes an antenna system equipped with the latest technology.
Arabsat-1A, the first Arabsat satellite, was built by Alcatel Alenia in 1985.
Talia acquired an additional Ka-band spot beam on Arabsat 5C at 20°E for coverage across the Levant region.
Airbus Defence & Space announced orders in 2020 to sell one satellite to Arabsat of Saudi Arabia.
Airbus Defence and Space won the contract to build the Badr-8 satellite for Arabsat.
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 plans to spend $300,000,000 on the manufacture, launch, insurance, and ground infrastructure for the satellite Badr-8.
Arabsat ordered a geostationary communications satellite from Airbus Defence and Space on 2022-08-18.
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.
Arabsat-6A and SaudiGeoSat-1/Hellas Sat-4 were expected to launch in 2018 but instead launched in 2019 following manufacturing and launch vehicle delays.
SpaceX previously used the same payload fairing on the Arabsat-6A Falcon Heavy launch in April 2019.
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.
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.