2008 · Arianespace
Badr-6 & ProtoStar I
successAriane 5 ECA | Badr-6 & ProtoStar I
Badr-6 is a satellite as part of the fourth generation of Arab communication satellites. It is inteded to create an integration of social and cultaral activities among the Arab League countries. Protostar I is a satellite built by SSL and operated at 98.5 degrees East providing communications.
Overview
- Date / time
- July 7, 2008 at 09:47 PM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 3
- Mission
- Badr-6 & ProtoStar I
- Mission type
- Communications
- Orbit achieved
- Geostationary Transfer Orbit