Name of Satellite, Alternate Names | Eutelsat Hot Bird 13D (Eutelsat 3C, Hot Bird 10, Atlantic Bird 4A) |
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) | -0.07 |
Perigee (km) | 35766 |
Apogee (km) | 35806 |
Eccentricity | 0.000474428313881772 |
Inclination (degrees) | 0.06 |
Period (minutes) | 1436.07 |
Launch Mass (kg.) | 4892 |
Dry Mass (kg.) | 2240 |
Power (watts) | 11000 |
Date of Launch | 11-02-2009 |
Expected Lifetime | 15 yrs. |
Contractor | EADS Astrium |
Country of Contractor | France |
Launch Site | Guiana Space Center |
Launch Vehicle | Ariane 5 ECA |
COSPAR Number | 2009-008B |
NORAD Number | 33750 |
Comments | 64 Ku-band transponders. |