Arabsat-6 ARABSAT 6A is classified as: Geostationary; TV. Arabsat 6A is a Saudi Arabian geostationary communications satellite. "Arabsat success during the past two months ,the launch of HS4 satellite at 39 degrees East for Hellas Sat, one of Arabsat subsidiary, last February and this success today , could not have been possible without the help of  the hard working   young Arab engineers from Arabsat headquarter and its two ground stations in Riyadh and Tunisia, where those satellites are operated and controlled. Arabsat 6A Satellite, the last of its 6th generation satellites, has successfully been launched this morning by Falcon Heavy, from Cape Canaveral in Florida, USA The Falcon-Heavy rocket was launched at 22:35 (GMT), carrying Arabsat 6A satellite, manufactured by Lockheed Martin, to be placed in the exclusive orbit of Arabsat 30.5 degrees East. 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