Arabsat-5A, a Eurostar-3000 model, will have a launch mass of 4,800kg and a spacecraft power of 11kW at the end of its 15-year service lifetime. Equipped with a payload featuring 16 active transponders in C-band and 24 in Ku-band, the multi-mission Arabsat-5A satellite will take over from Arabsat-2B and provide additional capacity at 30.5º East for a large range of satellite communications services such as television backhauling and broadcasting, telephony, business communications, Internet trunking and the provision of VSAT and other interactive services, over sub-Saharan Africa, North-Africa and the Middle East
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Ka-band (Steerable) @ 30.5°East - Downlink Footprint
![](http://www.arabsat.com/Uploads/Satellites/Medium/634085650286875000.jpg)
Ku-Band Central-MENA FSS @ 30.5°East - Downlink Footprint
![](http://www.arabsat.com/Uploads/Satellites/Medium/634085661957656250.jpg)
Ku-Band MAGHREB FSS @ 30.5°East - Downlink Footprint
![](http://www.arabsat.com/Uploads/Satellites/Medium/634085662261093750.jpg)
Ku-Band MASHREQ FSS @ 30.5°East - Downlink Footprint
![](http://www.arabsat.com/Uploads/Satellites/Medium/634085662761250000.jpg)
Ku-Band Pan-ARAB FSS @ 30.5°East - Downlink Footprint
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Ka-band (Steerable) @ 30.5°East - Downlink Footprint
![](http://www.arabsat.com/Uploads/Satellites/Medium/634085650286875000.jpg)
Ku-Band Central-MENA FSS @ 30.5°East - Downlink Footprint
![](http://www.arabsat.com/Uploads/Satellites/Medium/634085661957656250.jpg)
Ku-Band MAGHREB FSS @ 30.5°East - Downlink Footprint
![](http://www.arabsat.com/Uploads/Satellites/Medium/634085662261093750.jpg)
Ku-Band MASHREQ FSS @ 30.5°East - Downlink Footprint
![](http://www.arabsat.com/Uploads/Satellites/Medium/634085662761250000.jpg)
Ku-Band Pan-ARAB FSS @ 30.5°East - Downlink Footprint
![](http://www.arabsat.com/Uploads/Satellites/Medium/634085663288281250.jpg)
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