Eutelsat 16C

Eutelsat 16C
Start date	April 17, 2000
Launcher	Proton 274
Launch site	Baikonur
Takeoff mass	2600 kg
Manufacturer	NPO PM / Alcatel Alenia Space
model	MSS-2500-GSO
operator	Eutelsat
Playback information
Transponder	18 Ku band
Transponder performance	84 W
Bandwidth	18 × 72 MHz
EIRP	Europe 47 dBW Steerable 49 dBW
Others
Electrical power	5600 W
position
First position	39 ° East
List of geostationary satellites

Eutelsat 16C is a former television satellite of the Paris-based European Telecommunications Satellite Organization ( Eutelsat ).

The satellite was originally called SESAT 1 . It was launched into space in 2000 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome , Kazakhstan . Later it was moved to the orbit position 16 °° East in order to compensate for the total failure of the Eutelsat W2 . There it served as backup capacity and for regular operation together with the decrepit Eurobird 16 (formerly Atlantic Bird 4) and the defective Eutelsat W2M .

On March 1, 2012, Eutelsat unified the names of its satellites around the brand name.

reception

The satellite could be received in Europe and the Middle East . The transmission takes place in the Ku band .

Web links

• Technical data and footprints ( Memento from January 27, 2005 in the web archive archive.today ) (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ SatNews , January 29, 2010, accessed on February 7, 2010.
2. ↑ Eutelsat - One name, one group, one fleet. eutelsat COMMUNICATIOS, March 1, 2012, archived from the original on August 19, 2012 ; Retrieved August 15, 2012 .