Geostationary
EUTELSAT 7 WEST A
Arabic / North African Broadcasting · Eutelsat
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A Eutelsat satellite at 7°W focused on Arabic broadcasting for North Africa and the Middle East — complementing the Nilesat system at the same orbital neighborhood. The 7°W position is the Arab world's second most important satellite television position after Arabsat at 26°E, carrying hundreds of Arabic channels reaching North African audiences. Eutelsat and Nilesat's co-presence at 7°W creates a dense Arabic-language media neighborhood visible across the Mediterranean.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,226–22,258 mi (35,769–35,820 km)
- Inclination
- 0.1°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 37816
- Int’l designator
- 2011-051A
- Launched
- 2011
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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