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BADR-8
Communications satellite. BADR-8 was launched on May 27, 2023 aboard a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2023-075ANORAD 56757Arabsat (Arab League)
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Badr 8
- Common name
- BADR-8
- Payload designation
- Arabsat 7B
- International designator
- 2023-075A
- NORAD catalog number
- 56757
- GCAT identifier
- S56757
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- Arabsat
- Owner
- Arabsat
- Country
- Arabsat (Arab League)
- Builder
- Airbus Defense and Space, Bremen
- Platform (bus)
- Eurostar Neo
Launch
- Date
- May 27, 2023 · 04:30 UTC
- Launch record
- 2023-075Success
- Rocket
- Falcon 9
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC40
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- HEO
- Perigee
- 405 km
- Apogee
- 61,220 km
- Inclination
- 27.83°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- May 27, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 4,500 kg
- Dry mass
- 4,200 kg
- Length
- 7.0 m
- Diameter
- 3.00 m
- Span
- 40.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q118907107 (CC0).