ARABSAT 4B

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ARABSAT 4B is classified as:

Geostationary

NORAD ID: 29526

Int'l Code: 2006-051A

Perigee: 35,759.3 km

Apogee: 35,826.5 km

Inclination: 1.5 °

Period: 1,436.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 42163 km

RCS: 0.003 m² (small)

Launch date: November 8, 2006
Source: Arab Satellite Communications Organization (AB)
Launch site: TYURATAM MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (TTMTR)

The Arabsat 4B is the ARABSATs 4th generation satellite. The satellite will carry direct-to-home television, interactive TV and Internet broadband services, across the Middle East, North Africa and parts of Europe. The Arabsat 4B is an EADS Astrium Eurostar E2000+ model. Its launch mass is of 3304kg (with dry mass of 1487 kg). The satellite carries a payload of 32 transponders in Ku -band. It will have a 15-year design lifetime at Geostationary orbital position, 26 degrees East longtitude.

1 29526U 06051A   25350.20507904  .00000168  00000-0  00000-0 0  9993
2 29526   1.5328  83.1435 0007964 207.8396 254.1892  1.00274794 49435

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC