Arabsat-4A

Launch Failure

Liftoff Time (GMT)

20:10:00

Tuesday February 28, 2006

Mission Details

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Launch Notes

Launch failed due to the second stage shutting down early on the second burn.

Arabsat-4A

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EADS Astrium and Arabsat, the communications satellite operator based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, have signed a contract for the construction of Arabsat's fourth-generation satellites, designated Arabsat-4A and Arabsat-4B. Scheduled to enter service in 2006, the satellites will provide communications services over a wide area within the Middle East region. For this programme, EADS Astrium will team with Alcatel Space. EADS Astrium, as prime contractor for Arabsat-4, will design and build the spacecraft, supply the platforms, upgrade the Arabsat ground control centres, and deliver the spacecraft in orbit on behalf of ARABSAT. Alcatel Space will supply the payloads. Arabsat 4A will carry 24 active channels in C-band and 16 active Ku-band channels and Arabsat 4B will have a payload of 28 active Ku-band channels. Both satellites will have a launch mass of around 3.3 tons and a 15-year design life.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

1 Payload

3,341 kilograms

Rocket

Active
Proton-M/Briz-M

Active Since 2001

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center logo

Manufacturer

Khrunichev

Price

$65.00 million

Rocket

Height: 58.18m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 21,000 kg

GTO: 6,900 kg

Liftoff Thrust

10,027 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 4.35m

Height: 15.26m

Stages

4

Launch Site

Site 200/39

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

Fastest Turnaround

10 days 23 hours

Stats

Proton-M


11th

Mission

1st

Mission of 2006

2006


6th

Orbital launch attempt