Eutelsat 4A

Eutelsat 4A is a communications satellite of the European Telecommunications Satellite Organization ( Eutelsat ), headquartered in Paris.

The satellite was placed as Eutelsat W1 on 6 September 2000 aboard an Ariane 4 rocket from the Guiana Space Centre, the spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, into space. In June 2009, the satellite of the 10 ° East has been moved to 4 ° East, thus the name in Euro Bird 4A was changed. March 1, 2012 Eutelsat has unified the names of its satellites around the brand name, since he has the name Eutelsat 4A.

4A Eutelsat serves, in addition to the transmission of radio and television programs, including the sale of capacity for telecommunications and multimedia services.

Reception

The satellite can be received in Europe, Africa, the Middle East and parts of Asia and Russia.

The transmission is in the Ku- band.

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