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Al Yah 3

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Identification

NORAD / COSPAR
43174 / 2018-012A
Operator
Space42 PLC (Yahsat)

Orbit & position

Orbit
GEO
Position
20° W (20.1° W)
Altitude
—
Velocity
—
Period
—
Eccentricity
—

Hardware

Manufacturer
Northrop Grumman
Model
GEOStar-2
Mass
3795 kg

Launch

Launch date
25 Jan 2018
Launch site
Guiana Space Center
Launch vehicle
Ariane 5 ECA
Design life
15 yr

Beacons

20198.5 LHCP20199.5 LHCP

Comment

53 (58) active Ka-band user beams and four gateway beams. The Ka-band spot beams provide two-way communications services to facilitate high-speed delivery of data to end-user applications such as broadband Internet and corporate networking as well as IP backhaul for telecommunications service providers. Using the Al Yah 3 spacecraft, Yahsat will provide its services to Africa and Brazil.