Eutelsat 36B

Eutelsat 36B (formerly Eutelsat W7 ) is a communications satellite of the European Telecommunications Satellite Organization Eutelsat, based in Paris.

History

He was sent into space on 24 November 2009 14:19 UTC by International Launch Services (ILS ) with a rocket, a Proton from Baikonur and is intended to replace Eutelsat's SESAT 1. 9 hours and 12 minutes later the upper Briz- M satellites depend on the intended geostationary orbit at 36 ° East. The launch was originally done with a Sea Launch. After Sea Launch Eutelsat confirmed that the launch was not possible within the agreed period, Eutelsat decided for the proton.

March 1, 2012 Eutelsat has unified the names of its satellites around the brand name, since he is called Eutelsat 36B.

Reception

Eutelsat 36B is copositioned with Eutelsat W4 and doubles the previous capacity for data and multimedia services in Europe, Russia, Central Asia and Africa. It is equipped with 70 Ku-band transponders with 5 partially controllable transmission areas.