• New multi-mission satellite to deliver broadcast, broadband and telecommunications services over Europe, Middle East, Africa and central Asia
• TELEO payload for new generation optical communications
• Eighth Eurostar satellite for Arabsat and first Eurostar Neo

RIYADH, 18 August 2020 (Airbus PR) – Airbus has been contracted by Arabsat, one of the world’s top satellite operators, to build BADR-8, their new generation telecommunications satellite. BADR-8 will replace and increase Arabsat’s capacity and augment its core business at the BADR hotspot 26°E.

The BADR-8 satellite will be based on the-state-of-the-art Airbus Eurostar Neo electric orbit raising platform giving access to a wide range of launchers.

ZURICH (RUAG PR) — On 16 January Eutelsat KONNECT satellite was launched into space. RUAG Space produced mechanisms that point the satellite’s electrical propulsion – a key element of this new type of all-electric satellite.

Eutelsat 172B satellite (Credit: Airbus Defence and Space)

PARIS (ESA PR) — Europe’s first all-electric telecom satellite has reached its final working orbit above the Pacific Ocean. Eutelsat-172B, built for Eutelsat by Airbus, carries new technologies developed through ESA-led projects, including fully articulated thruster arms.

The satellite relied entirely on electric thrusters to climb from its initial orbit into its planned slot over the equator some 35 800 km up, and is now using them to hold position.

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Eutelsat 172B satellite (Credit: Airbus Defence and Space)

PARIS, TOULOUSE (Eutelsat PR)– The EUTELSAT 172B spacecraft, built by Airbus for Eutelsat, one of the world’s leading satellite operators, has now reached geostationary orbit, breaking the record for the fastest satellite electric orbit raising (EOR).

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PARIS, 16 January 2017 (Eutelsat PR) – Eutelsat Communications (NYSE Euronext Paris: ETL) announces that its EUTELSAT 117 West B satellite has entered into full commercial service and is now ready to support customers across Latin America.

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