Arabsat 5A
Arabsat 5A [Astrium]
Arabsat-5A, a Eurostar-3000 model, will have a launch mass of 4,800kg 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 | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arabsat 5A | 26.06.2010 | Ko ELA-3 | Ariane-5ECA | with COMS 1 |
References:
- Astrium Website
Further Arabsat missions:
- Arabsat 1A, 1B, 1C (Spacebus-1000)
- Arabsat 1D (HS-376)
- Arabsat 1E (HS-376)
- Arabsat 2A, 2B (Spacebus-3000A)
- Arabsat 2C (HS-601HP)
- Arabsat 2D (Eurostar-2000+)
- Arabsat 3A (Spacebus-3000B2)
- Arabsat 4A, 4B, 4AR (Eurostar-2000+)
- Arabsat 5A (Eurostar-3000)
- Arabsat 5B (Eurostar-3000)
- Arabsat 5C (Eurostar-3000)
- Arabsat 6A
- Arabsat 6B (Eurostar-3000)
