Eutelsat 25B or Es'hail 1 is Qatar's first satellite. It is a communications satellite operated by

Es'hailSat Es'hailSat is a Qatar-based communications satellite operator. The company provides direct-to-home television with its satellite, and hopes to provide further television-related services in the future. The company launched the first-ever Qatar sat ...

. The satellite is based on a Space Systems/Loral 1300 satellite bus, and was launched into orbit on an

Ariane 5 Ariane 5 is a European heavy-lift space launch vehicle developed and operated by Arianespace for the European Space Agency (ESA). It is launched from the Centre Spatial Guyanais (CSG) in French Guiana. It has been used to deliver payloads int ...

rocket from

Kourou Space Center The Guiana Space Centre (french: links=no, Centre spatial guyanais; CSG), also called Europe's Spaceport, is a European spaceport to the northwest of Kourou in French Guiana, a region of France in South America. Kourou is located approximatel ...

. In 2018 Eutelsat sold its interest in the satellite to Es’hailSat for €135 million.

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Eutelsat 25B coverage maps
as files
Eutelsat 25B coverage maps
on Google Maps
Eutelsat 25B real time tracking
Eutelsat satellites Communications satellites in geostationary orbit Spacecraft launched in 2013 2013 in Qatar Space program of Qatar Ariane commercial payloads First artificial satellites of a country {{Spacecraft-stub

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