Arabsat: International organisation, launches, rockets and satellites

Industry / Companies / Arabsat

0Orbital launches

0All launches (incl. suborbital)

16Satellites in orbit

0Satellites built

0Rockets / spacecraft

Arabsat is a international organisation, founded in 1976. Our records show 16 satellites in orbit.

Totals include the divisions, sites and subsidiaries listed under Structure below.

Structure

Divisions, sites and subsidiaries

Arabsat, Arab League 0 orbital launches · 16 satellites in orbit

In the news

Recent headlines

Arabsat seeks Telesat Lightspeed capacity as Starlink expands into Saudi Arabia SpaceNews · 14 May 2025
SpaceX launches Badr-8 to bolster Arabsat’s satellite fleet SpaceNews · 27 May 2023
Falcon 9 launches Arabsat 7B following weather delays NASASpaceflight · 26 May 2023
SpaceX to launch 33rd Falcon 9 launch of the year Teslarati · 23 May 2023
Arabsat blames thruster issue for temporary satellite outage SpaceNews · 4 Apr 2023
Arabsat orders first fully software-defined satellite SpaceNews · 29 Apr 2022
Arabsat orders all-electric Airbus satellite SpaceNews · 18 Aug 2020
SpaceX Falcon Heavy launches Arabsat-6A NASASpaceflight · 13 Apr 2019
ARABSAT-6A MISSION SpaceX · 12 Apr 2019
Arabsat CEO: Falcon Heavy gives our satellite extra life SpaceNews · 11 Apr 2019

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Provenance

Where this comes from

This entry merges 1 source: GCAT (J. McDowell)
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Launch and satellite data: Jonathan McDowell's GCAT (CC BY 4.0) and CelesTrak. Rockets, spacecraft and agencies: Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs and Wikidata. News headlines link to their publishers via the Spaceflight News API and RSS feeds. Records come from several sources and are matched automatically, so treat the directory as a research aid, not an authority. How the data is built and checked.