| Name of Satellite, Alternate Names | Eutelsat 9A (Eurobird 9A, Hot Bird 7A) |
| 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) | -30.01 |
| Perigee (km) | 35775 |
| Apogee (km) | 35799 |
| Eccentricity | 0.000284650236022487 |
| Inclination (degrees) | 0.07 |
| Period (minutes) | 1436.1 |
| Launch Mass (kg.) | 4100 |
| Dry Mass (kg.) | 1740 |
| Power (watts) | 10000 |
| Date of Launch | 11-03-2006 |
| Expected Lifetime | 15 yrs. |
| Contractor | Alcatel Alenia Space |
| Country of Contractor | France |
| Launch Site | Guiana Space Center |
| Launch Vehicle | Ariane 5 |
| COSPAR Number | 2006-007A |
| NORAD Number | 28945 |
| Comments | 38 Ku-band transponders. |