Geostationary
ABS-4 (MOBISAT-1)
Middle East / Asian Mobile Satellite · Asia Broadcast Satellite
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An Asia Broadcast Satellite platform serving as a combined mobile satellite and broadband spacecraft for regional markets. ABS-4 provides satellite capacity for telecommunications operators seeking backhaul and broadband connectivity across underserved Middle Eastern and Asian markets where terrestrial infrastructure is sparse or unreliable — the connectivity bridge for regions that commercial cable companies have no economic incentive to serve.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,228–22,256 mi (35,773–35,817 km)
- Inclination
- 6.3°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 28184
- Int’l designator
- 2004-007A
- Launched
- 2004
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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