Eutelsat 33A

Eutelsat 33A (originally e -Bird Bird then € 3), is a communications satellite for television and broadcasting services as well as broadband Internet services, the operating company Turksat. Also the company TELES uses these satellites for their SkyDSL Internet service. This means that download speeds of up to 16,000 kbit / s possible. It is equipped with four spot beams for Europe and Turkey and is located in an orbital position at 33 degrees East, but should be moved to 31 ° East.

Technology

Euro Bird 3 should provide a Europe-wide two-way broadband access to the Internet, as in many areas DSL is not available. The costs are much higher than with DSL connection. In order to avail the special satellite transceiver and satellite dishes required.

The satellite was launched under the name e -Bird on 27 September 2003 UTC from the Kourou spaceport in South America French Guiana aboard a rocket from the type Ariane 5 In addition to e -Bird was also another communications satellite ( the Indian INSAT -3E ) and the first European lunar probe SMART -1 as the main payload aboard the rocket.

In early 2005, the satellite from Eutelsat has been renamed to the name Euro Bird 3. March 1, 2012 Eutelsat has unified the names of its satellites around the brand name and since then is his name Eutelsat 33A.

On December 23, 2013 it was announced that the satellite was transferred to Turksat.

Reception

The satellite can be received in Europe and Turkey. The transmission is in the Ku- band.