Communications
YAHSAT 1B
OperationalCommunicationsGEO
Relays voice, data, internet or broadcast signals between points on Earth.
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Launch
- Launch date
- April 23, 2012 at 10:18 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
- Launched by
- Proton-M Briz-M Enhanced →
- Operator
- International Launch Services
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,797 km
- Periapsis
- 35,777 km
- Inclination
- 0.09°
- Orbital period
- 1436.13 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Al Yah Satellite Communications Co. (YAHSAT)
- Manufacturer
- Astrium/Thales Alenia Space
- Users
- Military/Commercial
- Launch mass
- 6,000 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2012-016A
- NORAD catalog №
- 38245
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United Arab Emirates- Radar cross-section
- 10 m²
- Status
- Operational