Eutelsat 16B

Eutelsat 16B ( former name Hot Bird 4, Atlantic Bird 4, Euro Bird 16 ) is the name for a television satellites of the European Telecommunications Satellite Organization ( Eutelsat ), headquartered in Paris. It was launched in 1998 as Hot Bird 4 from the Kourou by an Ariane 4 rocket.

Transponder 110 is a Skyplex transponder ( MCPC package set can be done over several uplinks simultaneously), at 111-118 transponder the beam can be controlled.

Hot Bird 4 was postponed to 7 ° West after successful commissioning of the new satellite Hot Bird 7A and Hot Bird 8 in the second quarter of 2006. Eutelsat had shortly after commissioning of the new Hot Bird 7A and before the start of Hot Bird 8 begun Hot Bird 4 to move at 7 degrees West. The satellite put back 0.4 ° ​​West per day. Hot Bird 4 was renamed after successful repositioning on 7 West Atlantic Bird 4 and the Egyptian satellite operator Egyptian Satellite Co. ( Nilesat ) for amplification of Nilesat 102 on the used position 7 degrees West.

After commissioning of Atlantic Bird 4A at 7 ° West, the satellite was moved to 16 ° East and renamed Euro Bird 16. March 1, 2012 Eutelsat has unified the names of its satellites around the brand name, he has been called since the Eutelsat 16B.

Reception

The satellite can be received in Europe, the Middle East and parts of Africa, Asia and Russia. The transmission is in the Ku- band.

ELA-2 Guiana Space Centre International Designator Astrium Bandwidth (signal processing) Hot Bird 13B Near East Eutelsat 8 West C Eutelsat 3D KA-SAT Hot Bird 13C Eutelsat 16C Eutelsat 21B Afghansat 1 Eutelsat 36A Eutelsat 36B Eutelsat 25C Ekspress AM22 Telstar 12 Eutelsat 70B
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