Eutelsat 21B

Eutelsat 21B is a commercial communications satellite of the European Eutelsat company, with headquarters in Paris.

It was launched on November 10, 2012 at 21:05 UTC by an Ariane 5 ECA from the Guiana Space Centre of the launch pad ELA - 3 together with the Brazilian satellite Star One C3.

The satellite is equipped with 40 Ku- band transponders and is on the position of 21.5 ° East Europe, Nord-/Nordwestafrika, Central Asia and the Middle East with telecommunications and data services provide. In this position, he should Eutelsat 21A (1999 started) replace. It is equipped with a "wide beam" for Europe, North Africa and Central Asia as well as two separate "high -power beams" for Northwest Africa, and the Middle East / Central Africa.

These satellites are loud Eutelsat mid-2015 six more satellites will be launched. Through those seven satellites Eutelsat's total resources should be increased by 30 percent. Eutelsat 21B was the 26th launch with Arianespace and the 20th satellite from Thales Alenia Space for Eutelsat. The next satellite Eutelsat 70B should follow to 70.5 ° East beginning December 2012.

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