Riyadh, Muharram 29, 1437, November 11, 2015, SPA -- Arabsat announced yesterday that it successfully launched satellite Badr -7, which is the first of the 6th generation of Arabsat satellites by Ariane 5 rocket from the Kourou spaceport on the island of French Guayana in South America. It said in a press statement yesterday that the rocket Ariane 5 was launched, carrying satellite Badr -7 Eurostar built by Airbus aerospace for defense industries in cooperation with Thales Alena aerospace industries to be put exclusively in Arabsat orbit 26 degrees east longitude. --More 13:56 LOCAL TIME 10:56 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w