Badr-6 & ProtoStar IAriane 5 ECA Arianespace Launch Status Success Mon · Jul 7th, 2008 5:47 PM EDT Watch Online https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XY0DpeHY1d4 Mission Badr-6 & ProtoStar I Type: Communications Badr-6 is a satellite as part of the fourth generation of Arab communication satellites. It is inteded to create an integration of social and cultaral activities among the Arab League countries. Protostar I is a satellite built by SSL and operated at 98.5 degrees East providing communications. Location Ariane Launch Area 3 Kourou, French Guiana 151 launches have been at this location. Rocket Ariane 5 ECA Length: 57.7 meters Diameter: 5.4 meters First Launched: December 11, 2002 Ariane 5 is a heavy-lift launch vehicle, part of the Ariane rocket family. The Ariane 5 ECA rocket has been launched a total of 73 times with 71 successful and 2 failed launches. Agency Arianespace Type: Commercial Abbreviation: ASA Administration: CEO: Stéphane Israël Founded: 1980 Launchers: Ariane 5 | Vega Spacecraft: Country: FRA Arianespace SA is a multinational company founded in 1980 as the world's first commercial launch service provider. It undertakes the production, operation, and marketing of the Ariane programme. Their vehicles launch exclusively from French Guiana in South America. View Rocket Launch Schedule