ARABSAT's latest satellite, BADR-6, has successfully completed its in-orbit tests and was officially handed over to ARABSAT by EADS ASTRIUM, the prime contractor for the satellite on Thursday 7th August 2008. BADR-6 is now officially part of the ARABSAT fleet of satellites at its TV hotspot (BADR) at 26 deg E. BADR-6 was successfully launched by an ARIANE 5 ECA on 7th July 2008 and was accurately injected into the designed transfer orbit. All orbit raising operations, appendages deployments and in-orbit-tests were performed flawlessly and as planned. The in-orbit-tests have confirmed the excellent performance parameters to which BADR-6 has been designed. BADRـ6 has a payload that consists of 44 active transponders in C and Ku band over thelargest coverage area offered by ARABSAT. It will be used primarily for DTH services.