Eutelsat 8 West C

Eutelsat 8 West C (formerly Eutelsat Hot Bird 13A, before Hot Bird 6) is a television satellite of the European Telecommunications Satellite Organization ( Eutelsat ), headquartered in Paris and was in August 2002 on an Atlas V rocket from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station started in Florida (USA).

History

It replaced the previously also positioned at 13 degrees East Hot Bird 5 LEOP and Erstpositionierung occurred on Space Operations Center of DLR GSOC. March 1, 2012 Eutelsat unified the names of its satellites around the brand name.

After commissioning of the new 3D Eutelsat Hot Bird 13A was replaced on July 4, 2013 by the now superfluous to 3.1 ° East Eutelsat 3C and shifted to 7.8 ° West. Due to the imminent launch of Eutelsat 8 West B it was renamed Eutelsat 8 West C.. The commissioning took place on 8 August 2013.

Technology

Eutelsat 8 West C has 8 Skyplex units ( MCPC packet assembly can take place simultaneously across multiple uplinks ). For this, the transponder 90, 91 and 92 are used.

The transponders are divided as follows:

  • Ku- Band: 16 transponders with 33 MHz (transponder 90-94, 115-118, 153-159 )
  • Ku- Band: 12 transponders with 36 MHz (transponder 123-134 )
  • Ka-band 4 with each 72 MHz transponder (transponder 153, 154, 158, 159 )

Reception

The satellite can be received only in the Middle East and Libya. The transmission is in the Ku- and Ka-band.

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