Arabsat launches Badr-8 satellite onboard Falcon 9 rocket
It'll take four to five months for the satellite to reach its operational orbit.
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It'll take four to five months for the satellite to reach its operational orbit.
ION is a versatile and cost-effective OTV designed to precisely deploy satellites and perform orbital demonstrations of third-party payloads hosted onboard.
The two Intelsat television broadcasting satellites are heading for geostationary orbit as part of a multibillion-dollar programme to clear C-band frequencies for 5G wireless services.
The company has ordered six satellites to provide the necessary capacity for its customers, with SES-18, SES-19, SES-20, SES-21 and SES-22 all to be launched in 2022.
