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Dedicated Mission

ArabSat-5A at 30.5° East


Launch date

26 June 2010

Position

30.5° East

Manufacturer

Airbus Defense & Space

Operator

Arabsat

Launch operator

Arianespace

Launch vehicle

Ariane 5ECA

Expected lifetime

15+ Years

Regions

Asia Pacific Region
Middle East Region
North & Central Africa Region

The Arabsat-5A satellite was based on the EADS-Astrium (Airbus Defense & Space) Eurostar-3000 model. The spacecraft had a launch mass of 4,800 kg and a spacecraft power of 11 kW at the end of its 15-year service lifetime and was launched on an Ariane 5 launcher on June 26th 2010 by launch operator Arianespace.

Equipped with a payload featuring 16 active transponders in C-band and 24 in Ku-band, the multi-mission Arabsat-5A satellite will take over from Arabsat-2B and provide additional capacity at 30.5º East for a large range of satellite communications services such as television backhauling and broadcasting, telephony, business communications, Internet trunking and the provision of VSAT and other interactive services, over sub-Saharan Africa, North-Africa and the Middle-East.

Dedicated Mission

ArabSat-5A at 30.5° East


Arabsat-5A under construction
Arabsat-5A transport
ArabSat-5A encapsulated by Ariancespace
ArabSat-5A launched by Arianespace

Dedicated Mission

ArabSat-5A at 30.5° East


Dedicated Mission

ArabSat-5A at 30.5° East


ArabSat-5A C-band (MENA) Beam downlink
ArabSat-5A C-band Apx-30B (EMENA & C. Asia) Beam downlink
ArabSat-5A Ku-band (C-MENA) Beam downlink
ArabSat-5A Ku-band (East MENA) Beam downlink
ArabSat-5A Ku-band (MENA) Beam downlink
ArabSat-5A Ku-band (N. West Africa) Beam downlink