Arabsat-1B

Summary

Arabsat-1B is a communications satellite^[1]. Arabsat-1B ranks in the top 6% of communications_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Arabsat-1B's image is recorded as STS-51-G Arabsat 1-B deployment.jpg^[3].
• Arabsat-1B's instance of is recorded as communications satellite^[4].
• Arabsat-1B's instance of is recorded as geostationary satellite^[5].
• Arabsat-1B's instance of is recorded as derelict satellite^[6].
• Arabsat-1B's operator is recorded as Arab Satellite Communications Organization^[7].
• Arabsat-1B's follows is recorded as Arabsat-1A^[8].
• Arabsat-1B's followed by is recorded as INSAT-2DT^[9].
• Arabsat-1B's manufacturer is recorded as Aérospatiale^[10].
• Arabsat-1B's manufacturer is recorded as Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm^[11].
• Arabsat-1B's COSPAR ID is recorded as 1985-048C^[12].
• Arabsat-1B's part of is recorded as Arabsat^[13].
• Arabsat-1B's space launch vehicle is recorded as Space Shuttle^[14].
• Arabsat-1B's SCN is recorded as 15825^[15].
• Arabsat-1B's country of origin is recorded as France^[16].
• Arabsat-1B's powered by is recorded as spacecraft solar array^[17].
• Arabsat-1B's powered by is recorded as R-4D^[18].
• Arabsat-1B's type of orbit is recorded as geostationary orbit^[19].
• Arabsat-1B's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +1985-06-17T00:00:00Z^[20].
• Arabsat-1B's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06wc95c^[21].
• Arabsat-1B's spacecraft bus is recorded as Spacebus-1000^[22].
• Arabsat-1B's significant event is recorded as rocket launch^[23].
• Arabsat-1B's significant event is recorded as failure^[24].
• Arabsat-1B's significant event is recorded as breakdown^[25].
• Arabsat-1B's space tug is recorded as PAM-D^[26].
• Arabsat-1B's start point is recorded as Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A^[27].

Why It Matters

Arabsat-1B ranks in the top 6% of communications_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10 views/month).^[2]