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Eutelsat 8 West C
, known as
Hot Bird 6
prior to 2012 and
Hot Bird 13A
from 2012 to 2013, is a
geostationary
communications satellite
. Operated by
Eutelsat
, it provides
direct-to-home
(DTH) broadcasting services from
geostationary orbit
. The satellite was part of Eutelsat's
Hot Bird
constellation at a longitude of 13° East, until it was relocated to 8° West between July 2013 and August 2013.
Satellite description
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Hot Bird 6 was constructed by
Alcatel Space
based on the
Spacebus-3000B3
satellite bus
, Hot Bird 6 is a 3,905 kg (8,609 lb) satellite with a design life of 12 years. It is equipped with an
S400-12
apogee motor
which was used for initial
orbit-raising
manoeuvres and an
S10-18
engine for station keeping burns.
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The spacecraft has 28
Ku-band
and four
Ka-band
transponders
.
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Launch
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Hot Bird 6, as it was then named, was launched on the
maiden flight
of the
Atlas V
launch vehicle, tail number AV-001, flying in the 401 configuration from
SLC-41
at the
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
(CCAFS). Liftoff occurred at 22:05:00
UTC
on 21 August 2002,
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with the launch vehicle successfully injecting its payload into
geosynchronous transfer orbit
(GTO). The launch was conducted by
International Launch Services
(ILS).
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Mission
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Following launch, the satellite
Hot Bird 6
used its apogee motor to raise itself into geostationary orbit, positioning itself at a longitude of 13° East. In March 2012, it was renamed
Hot Bird 13A
by Eutelsat. It operated at this position for almost eleven years before being removed from the slot in July 2013. In August 2013, it arrived at 8° West, where it has entered service as
Eutelsat 8 West C
, to support the
Eutelsat 8 West A
satellite until the planned 2015 launch of the
Eutelsat 8 West B
satellite. It provides coverage of the
Middle East
,
North Africa
and
eastern Europe
.
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It was then moved in 2015 to 33° East and renamed
Eutelsat 33D
. Later it was renamed
Eutelsat 70D
when it moved to 70° East. The satellite was retired in 2016 and was moved into a
graveyard orbit
above the geostationary belt.
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References
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Stentor
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- ADEOS II
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Kanta Kun
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FedSat
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μ-LabSat 1
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RITE 1
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RITE 2
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- NSS-6
- TrailBlazer-2001 STA
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Saudisat 1C
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LatinSat A
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LatinSat B
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Rubin 2
- Kosmos 2393
- Kosmos 2394
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Kosmos 2395
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Kosmos 2396
- Shenzhou 4
- Nimiq 2
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Launches are separated by dots ( ? ), payloads by commas ( , ), multiple names for the same satellite by slashes ( / ).
Crewed flights
are underlined. Launch failures are marked with the † sign. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are (enclosed in parentheses).
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