| Name of Satellite, Alternate Names | Eutelsat 28A (Eurobird 1, Eurosat 1) |
| Country of Operator/Owner | Multinational |
| Operator/Owner | European Telecommunications Satellite Consortium (EUTELSAT) |
| Users | Commercial |
| Purpose | Communications |
| Class of Orbit | GEO |
| Type of Orbit | |
| Longitude of GEO (degrees) | 28.56 |
| Perigee (km) | 35788 |
| Apogee (km) | 35794 |
| Eccentricity | 7.11558074998221E-05 |
| Inclination (degrees) | 0.07 |
| Period (minutes) | 1436.1 |
| Launch Mass (kg.) | 2950 |
| Dry Mass (kg.) | 1375 |
| Power (watts) | 5900 |
| Date of Launch | 08-03-2001 |
| Expected Lifetime | 12 yrs. |
| Contractor | Alcatel Space Industries |
| Country of Contractor | France |
| Launch Site | Guiana Space Center |
| Launch Vehicle | Ariane 5 |
| COSPAR Number | 2001-011A |
| NORAD Number | 26719 |
| Comments | Twenty-four channels; Western and Central Europe as far west as Canary Islands. |