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Leading the way in space telecommunications

Founded in 1976 by the 21 Member-States of the Arab League, Arabsat has been serving the growing needs of the Arab world for over 40 years, operating from its headquarters in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and two satellite control stations in Riyadh and Tunis.

Today Arabsat is one of the world’s top satellite operators and by far the leading satellite services provider in the Arab world. It transports over 650 TV channels, 200 radio stations, pay TV networks and more than 210 HD channels that reach 170 million viewers in more than 80 countries across the Middle East, Africa and Europe, at 26°E.

Arabsat employs an elite workforce within the industry and believes in human capital. Working as a team, Arabsat’s management thrives to achieve one goal — the satisfaction of its valued customers under the mission assigned by its shareholders.

The Arabsat Satellite Fleet

Arabsat owns and operates seven satellites at three orbital positions, namely, 20°, 26°, 30.5° East: Arabsat-5C (20°E), BADR-4, BADR-5, BADR-6 and BADR-7 (26°E), Arabsat-5A and Arabsat-6A (30.5°E). These state-of-the-art satellites (now the youngest regional fleet over the MENA region) make Arabsat the only satellite operator based in the region offering the full spectrum of broadcast, telecommunications and broadband services.

These latest technology birds are equipped to provide not only the highest downlink power over the widest coverage area than any other satellite fleet, but also services in the most recent bands including Ka-band for innovative interactive services, a purely MENA beam, or highly sophisticatedly designed Market-Specific Spot beams (North Western Africa, West Africa, South Africa, East MENA and Central Asia).
Arabsat offers the most secure, reliable and versatile fleet with ‘hot’ in-orbit back-up and guaranteed long-term expansion space capacity.

Broadband and Managed Services

As part of its ongoing growth strategy, Arabsat has created a broadband and managed services division to provide many services including broadband for small office home office (SOHO), small and medium enterprises (SME), and corporates, cellular backhauling and IP trunking for MNO and telcos, private and international lines for oil and gas, governments and NGOs and other market segments in the EMEA region. This division will leverage the dedicated high throughput satellite (HTS) payload onboard BADR-7. Arabsat ground segment consists of four (4) Gateways which are strategically located in Europe.