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Al Yah 4 [Airbus DS]
Al Yah 4 and 5 are two planned multi-band communication satellites by Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat), a wholly owned subsidiary of Mubadala Development Company.
The satellites are being built by Airbus Defence and Space based on their Eurostar-Neo bus with each having flexible payloads and benefitting from the strong heritage of the Eurostar family. The flexible multi-band payloads can be fully reconfigured while in orbit, capable of adjusting the coverage area, capacity and frequency on the fly to meet evolving mission scenarios.
Both AY4 and AY5 satellites will offer secure governmental communications over a wide geographical area across the Middle East, Africa, Europe and Asia. The new advanced satellites will eventually replace Al Yah 1 and Al Yah 2, which were launched in 2011 and 2012, respectively, and based on a previous version of the Airbus-built Eurostar platform.
| Nation: | United Arab Emirates |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Communication |
| Operator: | Al Yah Satellite Communications Company |
| Contractors: | Airbus Defence and Space |
| Equipment: | reconfigurable multi-band payload |
| Configuration: | Eurostar-Neo |
| Propulsion: | |
| Power: | 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries |
| Lifetime: | 15 years |
| Mass: | 3795 kg |
| Orbit: | GEO |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Yah 4 (AY 4) | - | 2027 | CC | Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) | ||
| Al Yah 5 (AY 5) | - | 2028 | CC | Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) |
Launch Sites:
- CC = Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Eastern Test Range, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA
- YahSat 1A → Al Yah 1 [Eurostar-3000]
- YahSat 1B → Al Yah 2 [Eurostar-3000]
- Al Yah 3 [GEOStar-3]
- Al Yah 4, 5 [Eurostar-Neo]
