Trajectory & orbital insertion · playback
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Provider
SpaceX
Provider type
Commercial
Orbit
GTO
Mission type
Communications
Launch site
United States of America
Date
Sat, 04 Jan 2025 01:27:00 GMT
Orbital launch #
#6850 ever
Go probability
95%
Weather
Liftoff Winds
Mission
Thuraya 4-NGS is a communication satellite being built by Airbus Defense and Space for the UAE based Yahsat. Based on the all-electric Airbus Eurostar-Neo Platform, Thuraya 4-NGS will incorporate a large 12-meter L-band antenna and a payload with on-board processing providing advanced routing flexibility of up to 3200 channels with dynamic power allocation over a large number of spot beams.
Deployed payloads · 1