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SpaceX launched the Arabsat-6A communications satellite into geosynchronous transfer orbit on 2019-04-11.
Arabsat selected the Falcon Heavy in September 2015 for a mission that was anticipated in late 2017 or 2018.
Arabsat-6A will perform 16 to 17 days of orbit raising using its chemical propulsion system to reach geostationary orbit at 36,0 m above Earth.
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 announced plans to launch with SpaceX in spring 2015 while still deciding between the Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy.
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.
SpaceX’s three Falcon Heavy booster cores performed a static-fire test on the pad on 2020-04-05 in preparation for the Arabsat-6A launch.
SpaceX is preparing to launch the Arabsat-6A satellite on the second flight of Falcon Heavy, with the launch scheduled for 2020-04-09 from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A.
Arabsat 6A and STP-2 are intended to serve as two final milestones to complete Falcon Heavy’s certification plan.
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.
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.