Geostationary
BADR-4
Arab Broadcasting Hub · Arabsat
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One of Arabsat's Badr-position satellites at 26°E — home to the most-watched satellite channels in the Arab world. Badr satellites carry the Al Jazeera network, beIN Sports, and hundreds of Arabic and regional channels reaching homes from Morocco to Oman. The name 'Badr' means 'Full Moon' in Arabic — an apt description for a satellite that shines information across an entire region.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,228–22,254 mi (35,773–35,815 km)
- Inclination
- 2.2°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 29526
- Int’l designator
- 2006-051A
- Launched
- 2006
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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