SpaceX launched a telecommunication Satellite named Arabsat BADR-8

May 30, 2023
Current Context: SpaceX launched the Badr-8 TV broadcast and telecoms satellite on May 27, 2023 for Saudi Arabia-based fleet operator Arabsat. The satellite lifted off at 12:30 a.m.
SpaceX launched a telecommunication Satellite named Arabsat BADR-8
  • Eastern on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, and separated from the rocket in geosynchronous transfer orbit about 37 minutes later.
  • The satellite is designed to replace and expand Arabsat’s C-band and Ku-band capacity across Europe, Middle East, Africa, and central Asia over its 15-year design life.
  • It also carries an experimental photonics feeder link called Teleo, which is designed to provide space to ground optical communications at gigabit speeds and is more robust against signal jamming

Question:

Q.1 What is the name of the satellite that SpaceX launched on May 27, 2023?
a. Badr-7
b. Badr-10
c. Badr-9
d. Badr-8

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