Badr-3 (ex-Arabsat 3A) / Badr 4 (26E)
Arabsat 3A suffered a serious electronics failure at the beginning of December 2001. (More details can be found on my AnalogueSat site). This failure put a lot of the transponders off air, and resulted in a lot of frequency changes. Some services were swapped over onto the older and lower powered Arabsat 2A.
18th August 2008: Badr 6 has taken over most of the Badr 3 frequencies, but B6 is not available in the UK without a big dish (around 1.8m on initial reports). Hence many of the frequencies have been removed from this table. Other Badr 4 frequencies may be available, but the horribly wet summer hasnt allowed me to do any serious dish tinkering to have a look.
26th December 2006: Big changes at 26E since the last update - Badr 4 is in full commercial operation co-located with Badr 3, and there have been many swap arounds on 26E
22 Jan 2005: MBC & MBC 2 are to leave Arabsat 3A in the near future
8th August 2004: Half an hour tinkering with one of the less battered dishes and Ive finally managed to get signal off Arabsat 3A again. Its the first time since September 2001 Ive had any pictures off this bird. Due to the difficulties getting this one, this chart may not be updated regularly at the moment, although I have plans to eventually permanently mount a dish for 26E.
Channels last checked: 20 August 2008
Station |
Country | On Air Identification | Main Language | Notes |
| 11785 V 27500 3/4 | ||||
| Future International | Lebanon | blue square | Ar | . |
| Al Emarah | UAE | arabic logo | Ar | . |
| Sahm TV | Egypt | - | Ar | . |
| Ghinwa | Lebanon | - | Ar | . |
| Strike | Lebanon | - | Ar | . |
| A-1 Home Shopping | Russia | A-one | - | . |
| 11938 V 27500 3/4 | ||||
| Alhurrah Iraq | USA | arabic logo | Ar | . |
| Alhurra | USA | arabic logo | Ar | . |
| Sheefa info card | Saudi Arabia | arabic logo | Ar | . |
| Al Fanoos TV | Saudi Arabia | arabic logo | Ar | . |
| Bab el Mawna | ? | - | Ar | . |
| Rotana Cinema | Saudi Arabia | green circle | Ar | . |
| Rotana Zaman | Saudi Arabia | green circle | Ar | . |
| U-Mark Home Shopping | Saudi Arabia | u-mark | Ar | . |
| Auto 1 TV | ? | - | Ar | . |
| Done Deal | ? | - | Ar | . |
| Al Istiraha | ? | - | Ar | . |
| Romanceya | ? | - | Ar | . |
| Hamsa | ? | - | Ar | |
| Di TVe | ? | - | Ar | . |
| Rahana TV | ? | - | Ar | . |
| 12015 V 27500 3/4 | ||||
| Saudi Arabia TV 1 | Saudi Arabia | crossed swords & palm tree | Ar | . |
| Saudi Arabia TV 2 | Saudi Arabia | 2 | Ar/En | . |
| Al Riyadiyah | Saudi Arabia | S | Ar | . |
| Al Ekbariyah | Saudi Arabia | arabic logo | Ar | . |
| Saudi Arabia tv mosaic | Saudi Arabia | - | Ar | . |
| Saudi Arabia TV 1 Earth | Saudi Arabia | crossed swords & palm tree | Ar | . |
| 12054 V 27500 3/4 | ||||
| Awtan Satellite Channel | ? | - | Ar | . |
| Al Ordoniya | Jordan | arabic logo | Ar | . |
| Syria Satellite Channel | Syria | yellow logo | Ar | . |
| Addounia TV | Syria | arabic logo | Ar | . |
| Alrai TV | Kuwait | Alrai | Ar | . |
| Live TV | ? | - | Ar | . |
| Alaqsa Satellite Channel | Palestine | yellow logo | Ar | . |
| KBS World | Korea | KBS | Ko | . |
| Press TV | Iran | circular logo | Ar | - |
| Al Diwan | ? | - | Ar | . |
| 12073 H 27500 3/4 | ||||
| Euronews | France | euronews | Va | . |
| Bab el Mawada | ? | - | Ar | . |
| BBC World | UK | BBC WORLD | En | . |
| ANN | UK | ANN | Ar | . |
| Funoon TV | ? | - | Ar | . |
| Douaa TV | ? | - | Ar | . |
| Luxe TV | Luxembourg | LUXE TV | En/Fr | . |
| Spicy | UAE | spicy | Ar | . |
| Al Alam Hawaa | ? | - | Ar | - |
| TV5 Monde | France | TV5 | Fr | . |
| AL Hiwar | UK | arabic logo | Ar | . |
| NHK World | Japan | NHK | En / Jp | . |
| Seha TV | ? | - | Ar | . |
| 12111 H 27500 3/4 | ||||
| Arirang TV Arab | Korea | arirang | Ar | . |
| Al Sharqiya | Iraq | arabic logo | Ar | . |
| Infinity 2 | UAE | INFINITY | Ar | . |
| Al Aan | UAE | arabic logo | Ar | . |
| Al Eqtisadia | UAE | arabic logo | Ar | . |
| Ashorooq TV | ? | - | Ar | . |
| DM TV | UAE | DM | Ar | . |
| Jawna | UAE | arabic logo | Ar | . |
| Dubai Sports Channel 2 | UAE | arabic logo | Ar | . |
| 12130 V 27500 3/4 | ||||
| Dubai TV | Dubai | arabic logo | Ar | . |
| Dubai Sports Channel | Dubai | arabic logo | Ar | . |
| Dubai One | Dubai | arabic logo | Ar | . |
| Sama Dubai | Dubai | arabic logo | Ar | . |
| Dubai Racing | Dubai | arabic logo | Ar | . |
| Iqraa | Saudi Arabia | green logo | Ar | . |
| Alhaqiqa | Jordan | arabic logo | Ar | . |
| Maraseel | ? | arabic logo | Ar | . |
| Al Motadetha | ? | - | Ar | . |
| Nilat | ? | - | Ar | . |
| 4Fun | ? | 4fun | Ar | . |
| 12207 V 27500 3/4 | ||||
| RTD | Djibouti | RTD | Ar | . |
| Sudan TV | Sudan | circular logo | Ar | . |
| Palestinian Satellite Channel | Palestine | circular logo | Ar | . |
| Qatar TV | Qatar | circular logo | Ar | . |
| Al Iraqiya | Jordan | arabic logo | Ar | . |
| Shada TV | Jordan | - | Ar | . |
| Al Majd Space Channel | Saudi Arabia | circular logo | Ar | . |
| Al Majd Holy Quran | Saudi Arabia | circular logo | Ar | - |
| Al Alam Hawaa | ? | - | Ar | . |
| Sehraya | ? | - | Ar | . |
| Peace TV | India | peace tv | Ar/En | . |
| Tayba | ? | - | Ar | . |
| 12226 H 27500 3/4 | ||||
| Bahrain TV | Bahrain | BTV | Ar | . |
| Bahrain 55 | Bahrain | BTV | Ar | . |
| Bahrain Sports | Bahrain | BTV | Ar | . |
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| Badr 4 |
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