Badr 5B

Spacecraft n°:

Saudi Arabian spacecraft n°: 22

Launch data: Designation  36592 / 10025A Launch date  03 Jun 2010 - 22:00 UT Launch site  Baik, LC-200/39 Launch vehicle  Proton-M / Briz-M (#357) Mission  Government: Communications Geostationary orbit on Jul 7.65: Perigee / Apogee  35844 x 35874 km Eccentricity  0.0003 Inclination  0.06 deg Period  1439.82 min

Mission details:

• Second generation; radio and tv communications to Middle East; 26 C-band, 24 ku-band transponders.
• Russia's International Launch Services carried the Badr-5 (Arabsat 5B) communications satellite into a 5764 x 35769 km x 19.0 deg orbit on a Khrunichev Proton-M/Briz-M on Jun 3, 2010. Badr 5 is an Astrium Eurostar 3000 satellite with a launch mass of 5420 kg. By Jun 25 Badr-5 was in a 35777 x 35797 km x 0.1 deg orbit at 34.5E; it will be stationed at 26E with Badr-4 and Badr-6.