Tags: Artificialsatellite, Satellite.
Badr-4 (aka Arabsat 4B) is an EADS Astrium-built communications satellite operated by Arabsat launched November 8 2006 on a Proton-M/Briz-M rocket.It provides fixed satellite communications services in C- and Ku-bands from the 26° East orbital position.The satellite is based on the Eurostar E2000+ platform and equipped with a payload supplied by Alcatel Alenia Space. The Badr-4-payload consists of 28 active channels in Ku band (16 in BSS and 12 in FSS). Payload power is about 6 kW.