Arabsat 6A

Launch data: Designation  44186 / 19021A Launch date  11 April 2019 - 22:35 UT Launch site  CCK, LC39A Launch vehicle  Falcon Heavy Mission  Communication Geostationary orbit: Perigee / Apogee  35747 x 35866 km Eccentricity   Inclination  0.0° Period  1436.8 min

Spacecraft data:

Description:

• ARABSAT 6A is a Saudi Arabian geostationary communications satellite, operated by Arabsat, owned by League of Arab States, and constructed by Lockheed Martin. Arabsat-6A will be stationed at a longitude of 30.5 degrees East, where it will join and later replace the nine-year-old Arabsat 5A. ARABSAT 6A will provide television, internet, telephone, and secure communications to customers in the Middle East, Africa and Europe.
• The satellite is designed for a 15-year service life, and will be manufactured in Denver, Colorado.

Mission details:

• The Arabsat 6A communications satellite was launched by the first operational Falcon Heavy on Apr 11, 2019. The two side cores landed back at Cape Canaveral and the center core landed downrange on the OCISLY droneship. The second stage carried on to parking orbit and then after a second burn to highly elliptical supersynchronous transfer orbit of 324 x 90078 km x 23.0 deg.
• By Apr 26 the satellite was in a 36074 x 89938 km x 1.3 deg, ready to lower apogee to GEO.
• During the voyage back to port the core stage toppled over onto the deck of the OCISLY and was partly destroyed.

External links:

• Satellite tracking (n2ya.com): Real time satellite tracking