Payload
BADR-7 (ARABSAT-6B)
OperationalPayloadGEO
BADR-7 (ARABSAT-6B) is a Arab Satellite Communications Org. (ASCO) payload satellite, launched on November 10, 2015 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- November 10, 2015 at 09:34 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 5 ECA →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- Arabsat 6B & GSAT-15
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,802 km
- Periapsis
- 35,771 km
- Inclination
- 0.03°
- Orbital period
- 1436.09 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Arab Satellite Communications Org. (ASCO)
- Manufacturer
- Airbus Defense and Space
- Users
- Government
- Launch mass
- 5,799 kg
- Design lifetime
- 15 years
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2015-065B
- NORAD catalog №
- 41029
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Arabsat- Radar cross-section
- 78.9705 m²
- Status
- Operational
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