Arabsat-6A

Arabsat-6A
Launch of Arabsat-6A on Falcon Heavy
Mission typeCommunications satellite
OperatorKing Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology
COSPAR ID2019-021A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.44186
Mission duration5 years, 3 months and 4 days (elapsed)
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft typeTelecomm
BusA2100
ManufacturerLockheed Martin
Launch mass6,465 kg [1]
Start of mission
Launch dateApril 11, 2019, 22:35 UTC
RocketFalcon Heavy
Launch siteKennedy LC-39A
ContractorSpaceX
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric[1]
RegimeGeostationary
Longitude30.5° E[2]
Arabsat-6G program
Hellas Sat 4/SaudiGeoSat-1 [3] →
 

Arabsat-6A is a geostationary communications satellite operated by Arabsat.[4] The satellite was built by Lockheed Martin Space Systems on a modernized A2100 bus.[5] The satellite was successfully launched from Kennedy Space Center LC-39A aboard Falcon Heavy on April 11, 2019.[6][7]

  1. ^ a b Arabsat-6A. Gunter Dirk Krebs, Gunter's Space Page. Accessed: 17 October 2018.
  2. ^ Arabsat and KACST sign contracts with Lockheed Martin & Arianespace. Arabsat. News Release 1 January 2015.
  3. ^ Lockheed Martin Completes Assembly on Arabsat's Newest Communications Satellite. Lockheed Martin. 20 February 2018.
  4. ^ "Upcoming Satellites". Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  5. ^ "SpaceX Delays Falcon Heavy's First Commercial Launch of ArabSat-6A to 10 April". The First Post. April 9, 2019. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
  6. ^ Skoneki, Marco Santana, Mark. "SpaceX launches Falcon Heavy into space". OrlandoSentinel.com. Retrieved 2019-04-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ "Arabsat-6A Mission". YouTube.com. Retrieved 2019-04-11.

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