Hot Bird 3 --> Eurobird 10 --> Eurobird 4 --> Eutelsat W75/ABS 1B

EUTELSAT

International Sat. n°:

EUTELSAT spacecraft n°: 13
Also called: Eutelsat 2-F9

Launch data:

Designation: 24931 / 97049A
Launch date02 Sep 1997
Launch site Ko, ELA-2
Launch vehicle:Ariane-44LP (V99)
Mission:Commercial: Communications
(Direct Broadcasting)
Geostationary orbit:
Perigee / Apogee 35755 x 35802 km
Eccentricity 5,58E-04
Inclination 0.08 deg
Period 1435.69 min

Specifications

Prime contractorBritish Aerospace and Matra Marconi --> Astrium
PlatformEurostar-2000+
Operator:EUTELSAT
Mass at launch2885 kg
Dry mass 1700 kg
Dimension  
Equipment 20 Ku-band transponders
Solar array 2 deployable solar arrays,
Stabilization  3-axis
Propulsion Marquardt R-4D-11-300 apogee engine
DC power  6000 W
Design lifetime 14 yrs - still active

Location:

DatePositionRemarks
  13°E 
 July 2010  4.16° E 

Tested at 29 deg East. Declared operational on 3 Oct 1997

Beacon: 11.702800 GHz

Ku-band:

Main transponders 32
Backup transponders  
Power 110 W
Bandwidth 19 transponders of 33 MHz
1 transponder of 50 MHz
12 transponders of 72 MHz
Coverage Europe
+ mobile spot beam
EIRP max  
Polarization linear H/V

Transponder frequency chart (GHz):

Horizontal
Uplink 		Horizontal
Downlink 		Transponder Vertical
Downlink 		Vertical
Uplink 		Bandwidth (MHz) Remarks
  10.99167 20   14.29167 72  
14.29167   25 10.99167   72  
  11.07500 21   14.37500 72  
14.37500   26 11.07500   72  
  11.15833 22   14.45833 72  
14.45833   27 11.15833   72  
             
17.71108   70 12.1108   33 Steerable
  12.13026 71   17.73026 33 Steerable
17.74944   72 12.14944   33 Steerable
  12.16862 73   17.76862 33 Steerable
17.78780   74 12.18780   33 Steerable
  12.20698 75   17.80698 33 Steerable
17.82616   76 12.22616   33  
  12.24534 77   17.84534 33 Steerable
17.86452   78 12.26452   33  
  12.28370 79   17.88370 33  
17.90288   80 12.30288   33  
  12.32206 81   17.92206 33  
17.94124   82 12.34124   33  
  12.36042 83   17.96042 33  
17.97960   84 12.37960   33  
  12.39878 85   17.99878 33  
18.01796   86 12.41796   33  
  12.43714 87   18.03714 33  
17.06591   88 12.46691   49.5 Steerable
  12.47550 89   14.07550 33  
             
14.04861   45 12.54861   72/60  
  12.54167 40   14.04167 72  
14.12500   47 12.62500   72  
  12.62500 42   14.12500 72  
14.20833   49 12.70833   72  
  12.70833 44   14.20833 72  

Mission details:

Hot Bird 3, launched in 1997 and renamed Eurobird 10 in October 2006 & Eurobird 4 in February 2009, was relocated to 75E as part of a deal with Asia Broadcast Satellite and re-renamed W75/ABS-1B in late 2009.
Ref: #14, #15, #226 - update: 19.11.11