ARABSAT 4B

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ARABSAT 4B is classified as:

Geostationary

NORAD ID: 29526

Int'l Code: 2006-051A

Perigee: 35,762.1 km

Apogee: 35,826.7 km

Inclination: 0.5 °

Period: 1,436.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 42165 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   24328.08826279  .00000152  00000-0  00000+0 0  9994
2 29526   0.5259  85.6382 0007667 192.1003 202.8480  1.00269390 66164

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC