A series of telecommunications satellites for ArabSat (one of the world’s top satellite operators and by far the leading satellite services provider in the Arab world). The first Arabsat launched in February 1985 aboard an Ariane 3 rocket. Four additional satellites in the series have since been launched. In March 2017, Arabsat announced that it had signed an agreement with Taqnia Space to build the nation’s first made-in-Saudi satellite (Arabsat-6D) to be launched by Space X.