Eutelsat 16A

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Eutelsat 16A
Start date October 7, 2011, 08:21 UTC
Launcher Long march 3BE
Launch site Xichang Cosmodrome
COSPAR-ID : 2011-057A
Takeoff mass 5400 kg
Dimensions 5.8 x 2.0 x 2.2 m
Span in orbit 34 m
Manufacturer Thales Alenia Space
Satellite bus Spacebus 4000C3
lifespan 15 years
Stabilization Three-axis
operator Eutelsat
Playback information
Transponder 53 Ku-Band and 3 Ka-Band
Bandwidth 36 MHz, 54 MHz, 72 MHz and 108 MHz
Others
Electrical power 12 kW
position
First position 16 ° East
Actual position 16 ° East
List of geostationary satellites

Eutelsat 16A is a communications satellite of the European Telecommunications Satellite Organization ( Eutelsat ) based in Paris.

The satellite was originally called Eutelsat W3C . It was placed in geostationary orbit on October 7, 2011 at 8:21 UTC by a Long March 3BE from the Xichang Cosmodrome . The launch opportunities of Eutelsat W3B and W3C were swapped in February 2010, as an earthquake in a factory of the manufacturer of Eutelsat W3B in Italy caused damage that threatened to delay the completion of the satellite. In order to speed up the manufacturing process, it was decided to also use components from the United States in the construction, but this is prohibited according to their ITAR regulations . When Eutelsat changed the naming system of the satellites on March 1st, 2012, Eutelsat W3C was named Eutelsat 16A according to its orbital position 16 ° East .

The three-axis stabilized satellite with 53 Ku-band - and 3 Ka-band - transponders and three deployable and equipped two fixed antennas and is on the position of 16 degrees East, Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, islands in the Indian Ocean and the area between Provide Senegal and Madagascar with television, telecommunications services and the Internet. In this position it is to replace the older satellites Eurobird 16 , Eutelsat W2M and SESAT 1 . The satellite ordered in March 2009 was built on the basis of the Thales Alenia Space Spacebus 4000 satellite bus and has a planned lifespan of 15 years.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Eutelsat: W3C @ 16 ° East ( Memento of October 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 2.3 MB)
  2. ^ Thales: Eutelsat awards W3C telecom satellite to Thales Alenia Space
  3. ^ Space Exploration in 2011. In: Russian Space Web. Retrieved June 8, 2019 .
  4. ↑ raumfahrer.net: Eutelsat's W3B and W3C swap starting opportunities , February 21, 2010
  5. ↑ Eutelsat - One name, one group, one fleet. Eutelsat, December 1, 2011, archived from the original on August 19, 2012 ; Retrieved August 14, 2012 .
  6. ↑ Eutelsat satellite W3C started successfully