Eutelsat 31A

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Eutelsat 31A
Start date September 27, 2003, 11:14 PM UTC
Launcher Ariane 5G V162
Launch site ELA-3 , Center Spatial Guyanais
COSPAR-ID : 2003-043A
Takeoff mass 1530 kg
Manufacturer Boeing Satellite Systems
Satellite bus BSS-376HP
lifespan ten years
Stabilization Spin stabilization
operator Eutelsat
Playback information
Transponder 20 Ku band
Transponder performance 32 W
Bandwidth 16 × 36 MHz (forward link)
4 × 108 MHz (return link)
EIRP 52 dBW
position
First position 33 ° East
Actual position 31 ° East
List of geostationary satellites

Eutelsat 31A (originally e-Bird, then Eurobird 3 and Eutelsat 33A ) is a communications satellite for television and radio services as well as broadband Internet services operated by the operating company Türksat . The company TELES also uses this satellite for their SkyDSL internet service. This enables data transmission rates of up to 16 Mbit / s for downstream . It is equipped with four coverage zones for Europe and Turkey and is in geostationary orbit at 31 ° East.

technology

Eurobird 3 should provide Europe-wide two-way broadband access to the Internet , as DSL is not available in many areas . The costs are significantly higher than with DSL connections. Special transceivers and satellite dishes are required to use the satellite .

begin

The satellite was launched under the name e-Bird on September 27, 2003 from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana, South America, on board an Ariane 5 launcher . In addition to e-Bird, another communications satellite (the Indian Insat 3E ) and the first European lunar probe SMART-1 were also on board the rocket as the main payload .

Positions and Renaming

At the beginning of 2005 the satellite was renamed Eurobird 3 by the operator Eutelsat. On March 1, 2012, Eutelsat unified the names of its satellites around the brand name and renamed the satellite to Eutelsat 33A .

On December 23, 2013 it was announced that the satellite would be used by Türksat in the future . So that Türksat does not lose the rights of use at the orbital position 31 ° East, Eutelsat 33A was set to the position 31 ° East and was given the new name Eutelsat 31A .

reception

The satellite can be received in Europe and Turkey . The transmission takes place in the Ku band .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Eutelsat - One name, one group, one fleet. eutelsat COMMUNICATIOS, March 1, 2012, archived from the original on August 19, 2012 ; Retrieved August 15, 2012 .
  2. ↑ Thomas Weyrauch: Eutelsat 33A: Moving for Türksat. raumfahrer.net, December 31, 2013, accessed January 15, 2014 .
  3. ↑ Gunter Krebs: eBird 1 / Eurobird 3 → Eutelsat 33A → Eutelsat 31A. In: Gunter's Space Page. May 21, 2014, accessed November 28, 2015 .