Mission type Communications SATCAT no. 37393 Power 15,000 watts Longitude 52.5° east COSPAR ID 2011-016B Bus Eurostar E3000 | Operator Yahsat Mission duration 15 years Period 24 hours Launch date 22 April 2011 Manufacturer Astrium | |
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Launch mass 5,965 kilograms (13,151 lb) Similar Eutelsat 8 West B, Eutelsat 10A, Eutelsat 8 West C, Ekspress AM22, Intelsat 20 | ||
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Yahsat 1A is a communications satellite constructed by EADS Astrium and Thales Alenia Space for Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat). It was launched in April 2011 from Arianespace's Guiana Space Centre in Kourou French Guiana in a dual payload launch with Intelsat New Dawn atop an Ariane 5 ECA rocket. Yahsat Y1A is based on the Eurostar E3000 satellite bus and had a launch mass of about 6000 kg. It is intended to provide Ku, Ka and C-band communications to the Middle East, Africa, Europe and Southwest Asia. It is in geosynchronous orbit at fifty three degrees East.
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