About this app

Arabsat is one of the world’s top satellite operators in Middle East, Africa and Europe. It carries over 700 TV/radio channels reaching more than 80 countries. Arabsat also provides telecom connectivity services to mobile phone, fixed line, IPs, VSAT operators. In addition, Arabsat can easily deliver VOIP and broadband services.

This application provides all information about Arabsat, owned satellites, channels, calculators, dish alignment, sensors calibration, news, offices information and related customer tools in one place.

Arabsat satellite list includes the following: ARABSAT-5A, ARABSAT-5C, ARABSAT-6A, BADR-4, BADR-5, BADR-6, BADR-7.

Features:

• Satellite coverage maps & teleports
- View Arabsat satellites coverage maps.
- View multiple beams footprint contours and EIRP in graphical format.
- Filtering satellites and related beams by band type.
- View satellite location and related key technical data.
- View teleport location and related key technical data.

• Satellite calculators:
- Look angle calculator: Calculate azimuth, elevation, and tilt based on your dish location and target satellite. You can save the results or go directly to dish alignment.
- Sun outage calculator: Calculate Spring/Fall sun outage periods information based on your dish location and target satellite. You can save results for later reference.
- Center of box calculator: Get satellite key orbital points (closest approach, ascending, descending) information. You may save results for later use.

• TV/Radio channels: Explore all channels information of Arabsat satellites.

• Dish alignment:
- Easily align your dish to point to the selected Arabsat satellite
- Three alignment modes are available which are Guide/Map/Camera modes.
- Get color/sound alerts when correct pointing angles are reached.

• Sensors calibration:
- Get key information about Accelerometer, Gyroscope, and Compass if available.
- Step by step Accelerometer and Gyroscope calibration.

• News: Explore Arabsat news, events, and announcements.

• Alerts: User is enabled to receive alerts related to sun outage events, center of box events, and news events.

• Contact us: Contact Arabsat support using included messaging service.

• Arabsat offices: Get Information about Arabsat Headquarter office and other regional offices.

• About us: View information about Arabsat organization.

• Customer portal web links: Useful web links of Arabsat customer tools.

• Information update: All application data is updated periodically. Use can enable or disable this feature.

• Language: Although English is the default user interface language, Arabic and French are also available.

New features

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App Permissions

Allows an app to access approximate location.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows an app to access precise location.
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows access to the vibrator.
Allows an application to receive the ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED that is broadcast after the system finishes booting.
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.
Required to be able to access the camera device.
Allows an app to create windows using the type TYPE_APPLICATION_OVERLAY, shown on top of all other apps.
Allows applications to disable the keyguard if it is not secure.