Geostationary
ARABSAT-6A
Regional Arab Communications · Arabsat
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The most powerful Arab world communications satellite ever launched, incorporating 60 Ku-band, 6 Ka-band, and 4 C-band transponders on a Boeing 702 platform. Arabsat-6A serves the full range of Arab broadcasting and broadband requirements across the Middle East and Africa, providing the capacity backbone for some of the Arab world's most-watched satellite TV platforms including beIN Sports and MBC.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,227–22,257 mi (35,772–35,819 km)
- Inclination
- 0.0°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 44186
- Int’l designator
- 2019-021A
- Launched
- 2019
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.