Eutelsat 16C
Eutelsat 16C | |
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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
- ↑ SatNews , January 29, 2010, accessed on February 7, 2010.
- ↑ Eutelsat - One name, one group, one fleet. eutelsat COMMUNICATIOS, March 1, 2012, archived from the original on August 19, 2012 ; Retrieved August 15, 2012 .