Arabsat 5A [Astrium]
Arabsat-5A, a Eurostar-3000 model, will have a launch mass of 4,800 kg and a spacecraft power of 11 kW at the end of its 15-year service lifetime. 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.
Nation: | Saudi Arabia |
---|---|
Type / Application: | Communication |
Operator: | Arabsat |
Contractors: | Astrium (prime), Thales Alenia Space (payload) |
Equipment: | 16 active C-band transponders, 24 active Ku-band transponders |
Configuration: | Eurostar-3000 |
Propulsion: | ? |
Power: | 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries |
Lifetime: | 15 years |
Mass: | 4939 kg |
Orbit: | GEO |
Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arabsat 5A | 2010-032B | 26.06.2010 | Ko ELA-3 | Ariane-5ECA | with COMS 1 |