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BADR-5

NORAD 36592· COSPAR 2010-025A· Active satellite· Communications· GEO
Launch
Launched on Jun 3, 2010 from 200/39 (200L), Kazakhstan aboard a Proton-M Briz-M Enhanced.
Proton-M / Briz-M Enhanced | Badr-5 (Arabsat 5B) →
Live · TLE epoch 2026-10-23 22:12 UTC
Orbit class
GEO — Geostationary (~35,786 km, equatorial)
Operator
KACST
Country
Saudi Arabia
Manufacturer
—
Launched
Jun 3, 2010
Mass
—
Apogee
35,831 km
Perigee
35,758 km
Inclination
0.08°
Period
23.94 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for BADR-5 across 148 days of archived orbital elements (150 element sets, one per day).

Trend
Stable
Change
+0.2 km
Rate
+0.00 km/day
Now
35758 × 35831 km
358323590735757May 28Oct 24
Apogee Perigee

Derived from our own archive of CelesTrak orbital elements, sampled every 3 hours. Short windows show drag and station-keeping; they are not a reentry prediction.

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