Geostationary
BADR-5
Arab Broadcasting / Africa · Arabsat
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Part of Arabsat's flagship 26°E position, carrying additional capacity for the Arab world's most-concentrated broadcasting neighborhood. Badr-5 provides extended C-band coverage deeper into Sub-Saharan Africa alongside its Ku-band Arab broadcasting role — making 26°E a content hub that reaches not just Arab nations but African countries whose populations access Arabic satellite television as an alternative to scarce local broadcasting.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,221–22,263 mi (35,762–35,829 km)
- Inclination
- 0.0°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 36592
- Int’l designator
- 2010-025A
- Launched
- 2010
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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