- Home
- Spacecraft
- Arabsat 2B
Arabsat 2B
Saudi Arabian communications satellite. Arabsat 2B was launched on November 13, 1996 aboard a Ariane 44L from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1996-063ANORAD 24652Arabsat (Arab League)
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Arabsat IIB
- Common name
- Arabsat 2B
- Payload designation
- Arabsat 2B
- International designator
- 1996-063A
- NORAD catalog number
- 24652
- GCAT identifier
- S24652
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- Arabsat
- Owner
- Arabsat
- Country
- Arabsat (Arab League)
- Builder
- Aerospatiale-Cannes
- Platform (bus)
- Spacebus 3000
Launch
- Date
- November 13, 1996 · 22:40 UTC
- Launch record
- 1996-063Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 44L
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/D
- Perigee
- 35,721 km
- Apogee
- 35,724 km
- Inclination
- 0.04°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- August 2006
- End of operations
- Jan 16, 2013
Size
- Mass
- 2,661 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,108 kg
- Length
- 3.5 m
- Diameter
- 2.30 m
- Span
- 26.3 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q624427 (CC0).