Arabsat 7B (Badr 8)

The Arabsat 7B (Badr 8) satellite is a new generation telecommunications satellite manufactured by Airbus Defence and Space for Arabsat that will replace and augment Arabsat's capabilities, the satellite will be based on the-state-of-the-art Airbus Eurostar Neo electric orbit raising platform. BADR-8 will also include the innovative Airbus developed TELEO optical communications payload demonstrator. This payload will enable very high capacity analogue optical feeder link communications, as part of the development by Airbus of a new generation of optical communications technology in space to be integrated in its future commercial products, which is highly robust against jamming.