Al Yah 3 at 20° West
| Position: | 20° West |
| Manufacturer: | Orbital ATK |
| Operator: | Yahsat |
| Launch operator: | Arianespace |
| Launch vehicle: | Ariane 5ECA |
| Launch date: | 01/26/2018 |
| Expected lifetime: | 15+ Years |
The Al Yah 3 satellite was built by Orbital ATK (Northrop Grumman) based on their new GEOStar-3 bus and had a launch mass of 3,500 kgs. The payload consisted of 58 Ka-band spot beams.
The satellite is located at 20° West and will expand Yahsat’s Ka-band coverage to 19 additional markets across Africa covering 60% of the population and marks Yahsat’s first entry into Brazil where 95% of the population will have access to its satellite broadband services.
Al Yah 3 is an all Ka-band satellite, and the first hybrid electric propulsion satellite, launched on an Ariane 5 rocket by launch operator Arianespace, on January 26th 2018.
Al Yah 3 at 20° West
