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SpaceX launches Arab satellite into orbit

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The Arabsat satellite weighing 4.5 tons is designed to provide communications to Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Central Asia.

SpaceX, owned by American entrepreneur Elon Musk, launched a Falcon 9 launch vehicle. The BADR-8 telecommunications satellite of the Arabsat operator, headquartered in Saudi Arabia, was successfully launched into orbit. The company announced this on Twitter on Saturday, May 27.

The launch took place at 07:30 Kyiv time from the 40th launch complex at the US Space Force base at Cape Canaveral in Florida.

The first stage of the rocket successfully landed on the Just Read the Instructions drone ship 8 minutes after liftoff.

The Arabsat satellite weighing 4.5 tons is designed to provide communications to Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Central Asia. It is capable of providing optical communication at gigabit speeds.

Remember, on May 1, SpaceX launched a Falcon Heavy rocket with the ViaSat-3 Americas satellite weighing 6.7 tons. This is the first of three ViaSat Inc. satellites. new generation.


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