Major regional Fixed Service Satellite (FSS) operator Arabsat (Arab Satellite Communications Organization) has teamed up with the Saudi Arabian institute King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) to purchase a GEO communications spacecraft from TAQNIA Space, a subsidiary of Saudi Taqnia Holding.
The spacecraft will provide Ka- and Ku- band services from the 44.5 degrees East orbital location.
This order continues the cooperation between Arabsat and KACST, which began with the SAUDIGEOSAT-1 order in 2015, aimed at boosting the space industry in Saudi Arabia.
