Jeddah, Muharram 13, 1437, October 26, 2015, SPA -- The board of directors of Arab Satellite Communications Organization "Arabsat" on Sunday began meetings of their 151st session under the chairmanship of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. At the outset of the two-day meeting, the president-designate of the General Commission for AudioVisual Media, Bandar bin Mohammed Asiri, assumed duties of the presidency of the board of directors for the current session. During the meeting, Arabsat's new projects and topics on the agenda were reviewed. In a statement to Saudi Press Agency following the meeting, Asiri explained that "Arabsat" plans to launch its satellite Badr-7 on 10th of November, pointing out that three other satellites are currently under manufacturing and scheduled to be launched during 2016. --SPA 03:13 LOCAL TIME 00:13 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w