Payload
ARABSAT-5C
OperationalPayloadGEONORAD 37810
ARABSAT-5C is a Arab Satellite Communications Org. (ASCO) payload satellite, launched on September 21, 2011 into GEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- September 21, 2011 at 09:38 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 5 ECA →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- Arabsat 5C & SES-2
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,801 km
- Periapsis
- 35,773 km
- Inclination
- 0.05°
- Orbital period
- 1436.13 min
- Orbit data fetched
- October 14, 2026 at 04:02 PM UTC
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Arab Satellite Communications Org. (ASCO)
- Manufacturer
- Astrium/Thales Alenia Space
- Users
- Government
- Launch mass
- 4,619 kg
- Design lifetime
- 15 years
- Dimensions
- 4.1 × 2.1 × 2.1 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2011-049B
- NORAD catalog №
- 37810
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Arabsat- Radar cross-section
- 11.148 m²
- Status
- Operational
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