BADR-4
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Badr-4 (a.k.a. Arabsat 4B) is an EADS Astrium-built communications satellite operated by Arabsat, launched 8 November 2006 on a Proton-M/Briz-M rocket. It provides fixed satellite communications services in C- and Ku-bands from the 26° East orbital position.
Described at
Badr 4 at 34.5°E - LyngSat
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- Instance of
- communications satellite
- Significant event
- rocket launch
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- type of orbit
- geostationary orbit
- described at URL
- www.lyngsat.com/Badr-4.html
- space launch vehicle
- Proton-M
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 2006-11-08
- space tug
- Briz-M
- start point
- Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 200
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Badr-4 (a.k.a. Arabsat 4B) is an EADS Astrium-built communications satellite operated by Arabsat, launched 8 November 2006 on a Proton-M/Briz-M rocket. It provides fixed satellite communications services in C- and Ku-bands from the 26° East orbital position.
The satellite is based on the Eurostar E2000+ platform. Its payload was supplied by Alcatel Alenia Space. The Badr-4-payload consists of 28 active channels in Ku band (16 in BSS and 12 in FSS). Payload power is about 6 kW. The satellite has two 2.5 m deployable antennas and one 1.35 m top floor antenna.
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