Eutelsat 21B

Eutelsat 21B
Start date	November 10, 2012, 21:05 UTC
Launcher	Ariane 5 ECA VA-210
Launch site	CGS ELA-3
COSPAR-ID :	2012-062B
Takeoff mass	5012 kg
Dimensions	5.10 x 2.20 x 2.00
Span in orbit	37 m
Manufacturer	Thales Alenia Space
Satellite bus	Spacebus 4000 C3
lifespan	15 years
operator	Eutelsat
Playback information
Transponder	40 Ku band
Bandwidth	36 MHz, 50 MHz, 54 MHz and 72 MHz
Others
Electrical power	> 12 kW
position
First position	21.5 ° East
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Eutelsat 21B is a commercial communications satellite of the European company Eutelsat based in Paris .

It was launched on November 10, 2012 at 21:05 UTC with an Ariane 5 ECA from the Center Spatial Guyanais from launch pad ELA-3 together with the Brazilian satellite Star One C3 .

The satellite is equipped with 40 Ku-band - transponders equipped and is on the position 21.5 ° East Europe, North / North West Africa, Central Asia and the Middle East provide them with telecommunications and data services. In this position he will replace Eutelsat 21A (launched in 1999). It is equipped with a “widebeam” for Europe as well as North Africa and Central Asia as well as two separate “high-power beams” for Northwest Africa and the Middle East / Central Africa.

According to Eutelsat, six more satellites are to follow these satellites by mid-2015. These 7 satellites are intended to increase Eutelsat's total resources by 30 percent. Eutelsat 21B was Eutelsat's 26th launch with Arianespace and the 20th satellite from Thales Alenia Space. The next satellite is to follow Eutelsat 70B at 70.5 ° East in early December 2012.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Launch kit V210 Ariane 5, EUTELSAT 21B - STAR ONE C3. (PDF; 2.2 MB) Arianespace, November 9, 2012, accessed on July 23, 2017 (English). 
2. ↑ 21 ° East - Eutelsat 21B . Eutelsat
3. ↑ Eutelsat 21B satellite launched for data services