TIBA-1

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Description:

• Tiba is the Arabic name for the ancient city known in English as Thebes and in ancient Egyptian as Waset. It′s unclear why the satellite′s name is always rendered in upper case in English transliteration.

Mission details:

• Arianespace flight VA250 used launch vehicle Ariane 5 L5108. The payloads were TIBA-1, a 5600 kg AirbusDS Eurostar 3000 Ka-band satellite for the Egyptian Space Agency, and Inmarsat GX5, a 4007 kg Thales Alenia Spacebus 4000B2 Ka-band satellite for Inmarsat′s Global Xpress fleet.

External links:

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