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Arabsat blames thruster issue for temporary satellite outage
Written by Jason Rainbow Tuesday, 04 April 2023 13:00![](/plugins/content/jlexcomment/assets/icon.png)
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A thruster issue was behind a temporary outage of Arabsat’s aging Badr-6 broadcast satellite in February, according to an executive for the Saudi Arabia-based operator.