Eutelsat 16C

Eutelsat 16C is a television satellite of the Paris-based European Telecommunications Satellite Organization ( Eutelsat ).

The satellite was originally the name SESAT 1 He was transported from the spaceport in Baikonur, Kazakhstan into space in 2000. It is planned that its current position of 36 degrees East is taken in November 2009 of Eutelsat W7. SESAT 1 should then be inserted at another position.

Sesat 1 has now been moved to the orbital position 16 degrees East, to compensate for the total failure of the Eutelsat W2. There Sesat 1 serves as a backup capacity and control operation along with the decrepit Euro Bird 16 (formerly Atlantic Bird 4) and the defective Eutelsat W2M, which was repositioned from 3.1 ° East and a fault in the power supply has.

March 1, 2012 Eutelsat has unified the names of its satellites around the brand name.

Reception

The satellite can be received in Europe and the Middle East.

The transmission is in the Ku- band.