^{Arabsat participates in the International Broadcasting Convention}  

Arab Satellite Communications Organization (Arabsat) participates in the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) held in Amsterdam, Netherlands, from 11th -15th Sept. 2015. This exhibition is considered the largest international gathering attended by many satellite TV broadcasting officials. 

Eng. Khalid Bin Ahmed Balkheyour President & CEO of Arabsat has stated “Arabsat will present the services of its state-of-art satellite Badr-7, scheduled to be launched by the end of 2015.Arabsat will also showcase its three new planned satellites, whose contracts were signed earlier this year. 

He added “The first satellite is Hellsat-3 at the orbital position  39°  East , the second  is (Hellas-Sat-4 / SaudiGeoSat-1)  a joint satellite with King Abdul Aziz City for Science and Technology ,that will also operate at the orbital position  39°  East .While the third Satellite is 6-A at Arabsat orbital position 30.5° East which would support the competitive position of Arabsat as the first satellite provider of  the satellite services and capacities in the Arab & African market and neighborhood.