| Name of Satellite, Alternate Names | Eutelsat Hot Bird 13B (Hot Bird 8) |
| 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) | 13.08 |
| Perigee (km) | 35759 |
| Apogee (km) | 35812 |
| Eccentricity | 0.000628624971830485 |
| Inclination (degrees) | 0.02 |
| Period (minutes) | 1436.06 |
| Launch Mass (kg.) | 4900 |
| Dry Mass (kg.) | |
| Power (watts) | 14000 |
| Date of Launch | 04-08-2006 |
| Expected Lifetime | 15 yrs. |
| Contractor | EADS Space |
| Country of Contractor | France/UK/Germany/Spain |
| Launch Site | Baikonur Cosmodrome |
| Launch Vehicle | Proton/Breeze M |
| COSPAR Number | 2006-032A |
| NORAD Number | 29270 |
| Comments | 64 Ku-band transponders. |