Arabsat 5A at 31° E
Technical details
- Status
- active
- Orbital position
- 31° EChannel line-up at 31° E | Coverage maps
- NORAD number
- 36745
- COSPAR number
- 2010-032B
- Operator
- Arabsat
- Manufacturer
- Airbus Defence and Space
- Model
- Eurostar-3000
- Launch
- 26 Jun 2010 from Guiana Space Center on Ariane 5
- Launch mass
- 4940 kg
- Expected lifetime
- 15 yrs.
- Beacon
- 3705.1L, 4191R, 10706, 12749V/H, 12706V/H
- Orbit
- GEO
Beams
- C-band Appendix 30B beam (C band) View footprint
- C-band Middle East and Africa beam (C band) View footprint
- Ku-band Central Middle East and North Africa beam (Ku band) View footprint
- Ku-band MAGHREB beam (Ku band) View footprint
- Ku-band MASHREQ beam (Ku band) View footprint
- Ku-band Pan-Arabic beam (Ku band) View footprint
- Ka-band Steerable beam (Ka band) View footprint
About Arabsat 5A
16 active C-band transponders, 24 active Ku-band transponders to provide the 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. Planned to be launched in pair with COMS 1.