Badr 5 launch this evening

[Analoguesat]

Badr 5 is due up from baikonur this evening around 2300 BST

Coverage on the web at ilslaunch.com or via W2A at 10E

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5632 3/4

An easy catch on an 80cm dish

Currently on a colour bar tc.

 

[hexah]

Good coverage so far.

The woman they have this time is much better than that shrill woman they had for the W7 launch. Easier on the eye as well.

 

[hexah]

Kristine Frazao, Emmy award winning journalist, currently Russia Todays Washington DC correspondent.

Not the usual choice for fronting satellite launches!

 

[Turok]

how many diffrent beams,badr 5 will have?

 

[Analoguesat]

how many diffrent beams,badr 5 will have?

Three Ku band, one each of Ka, S & X band

 

[adonis1]

how many diffrent beams,badr 5 will have?

Just have a look , they looks bad for north and central Europe ? we have to wait to see how it's works .

 

[Tsiklon]

What are the X-band and S-band transponders planned for? It's been a long time since S-band was on Arabsat.