Arabsat 5B (Badr 5) (original) (raw)
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Arabsat 5B (Badr 5) [Astrium]
Badr-5 (technically Arabsat-5B), a Eurostar-3000model, will have a launch mass of 5,400 kg and a spacecraft power of 14 kW at the end of its 15-year service lifetime. Equipped with a payload featuring 56 active transponders in Ku-band and Ka-band, Badr-5 will primarily provide full in-orbit back-up capacity both forBadr-4 and Badr-6. Co-located with the rest of Arabsat's Badr constellation of Direct-To-Home satellites at its 26� East video "hot-spot", it will guarantee to its broadcasting customers a unique "hot" redundancy, the highest level ever in the region. Complementary missions include supporting the expected boom of HD-TV and, thanks to its Ka-band capacity, the development of sophisticated interactive services.
| Nation: | Saudi Arabia |
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| Type / Application: | Communication |
| Operator: | Arabsat |
| Contractors: | Astrium (prime), Thales Alenia Space (payload) |
| Equipment: | 56 active transponders in Ku-band and Ka-band |
| Configuration: | Eurostar-3000 |
| Propulsion: | ? |
| Power: | 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries |
| Lifetime: | 15 years |
| Mass: | 5420 kg |
| Orbit: | GEO |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks |
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| Arabsat 5B (Badr 5) | 2010-025A | 03.06.2010 | Ba LC-200/39 | Proton-M Briz-M (Ph.2) |
| Further Arabsat missions: Arabsat 1A, 1B, 1C [Spacebus-1000] Arabsat 1D [HS-376] Arabsat 1E [HS-376] Arabsat 2A, 2B [Spacebus-3000A] Arabsat 2C (Badr C) [HS-601HP] Arabsat 2D (Badr 2) [Eurostar-2000+] Arabsat 3A (Badr 3) [Spacebus-3000B2] Arabsat 4A, 4B, 4AR (Badr 1, 4, 6) [Eurostar-2000+] Arabsat 5A [Eurostar-3000] Arabsat 5B (Badr 5) [Eurostar-3000] Arabsat 5C [Eurostar-3000] Arabsat 6A [LM-2100] Arabsat 6B (Badr 7) [Eurostar-3000] Arabsat 6D Arabsat 6E Arabsat 7A [Space-Inspire] Arabsat 7B (Badr 8) [Eurostar-Neo] | Further Badr missions: Badr 1, 4, 6 (Arabsat 4A, 4B, 4AR) [Eurostar-2000+] Badr 2 (Arabsat 2D) [Eurostar-2000+] Badr 3 (Arabsat 3A) [Spacebus-3000B2] Badr 5 (Arabsat 5B) [Eurostar-3000] Badr 7 (Arabsat 6B) [Eurostar-3000] Badr 8 (Arabsat 7B) [Eurostar-Neo] Badr C (Arabsat 2C) [HS-601HP] |
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