Who likes rocket engines ? :thumbs_up:
Side boosters returning last year to be reused.
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The Arabsat 6A satellite. Credit: Lockheed Martin
A Lockheed Martin spokesperson said the satellite weighs 14,252 pounds (6,465 kilograms) at launch, with its tanks fully loaded with hydrazine and nitrogen tetroxide maneuvering propellants.
Arabsat 6A will use its own thruster to guide the satellite into a circular geostationary orbit more than 22,000 miles (nearly 36,000 kilometers) over the equator, the perfect altitude to allow its velocity to match the rate of Earth’s rotation.
“Arabsat is a 21-member consortium of Arab states, and this satellite is going to be providing communications for the Middle East and North Africa,” Beutelschies said in an interview with Spaceflight Now before the launch. “So TV, radio, high-definition TV channels, and so forth.”
