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Ariane 5 ECA | Badr-6 & ProtoStar I
Ariane 5 ECA
Jul 7, 2008, 9:47 PM UTC
Jul 7, 2008, 9:47 PM UTC
Mission Elapsed Time
T-00:00:00
Mission Details
Badr-6 is a satellite as part of the fourth generation of Arab communication satellites. It is inteded to create an integration of social and cultaral activities among the Arab League countries. Protostar I is a satellite built by SSL and operated at 98.5 degrees East providing communications.
- Type
- Communications
- Orbit
- Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)
Launch Site
- Pad
- Ariane Launch Area 3
- Location
- Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Country
- 🌍 GUF