Eutelsat 36B

Eutelsat 36B
Spacecraft properties
Names	Eutelsat W7 (2009-12) Eutelsat 36B (2012—)

Mission type	Communications
Operator	Eutelsat
COSPAR ID	2009-065A
SATCAT №	36101
Mission duration	15 years

Bus	Spacebus-4000C4
Manufacturer	Thales Alenia Space
Launch mass	5,627 kilograms (12,405 lb)

Start of mission
Launch date	24 November 2009, 14:19:10 (2009-11-24UTC14:19:10Z) UTC
Rocket	Proton-M/Briz-M
Launch site	Baikonur 200/39
Contractor	International Launch Services

Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Geostationary
Longitude	36° east

Transponders
Band	70 Ku-band
Coverage area	Europe Central Asia Middle East Africa Russia

Eutelsat 36B (formerly Eutelsat W7) is a communications satellite in the W Series operated by Eutelsat. It is co-located with Eutelsat's 36A satellite at 36°E. It was launched on November 23, 2009 14:19 GMT, by a Proton rocket.^[1]

Manufactured by Thales Alenia Space in its Cannes Mandelieu Space Center, based on a Spacebus 4000C4 platform, it features up to 74 K_u band transponders (12 kW), a weight of about 5.5 tons, and has a lifetime of about 15 years (up to 2024).

36B is one of the most powerful spacecraft in the fleet of Eutelsat. The craft can be configured to have up to 70 K_u band transponders during its 15-year mission. Digital broadcasting and direct-to-home video services will be beamed to customers in Russia and sub-Saharan Africa using 36B.

The new satellite replaced all the capacity on the SESAT 1 (now Eutelsat 16C) platform, which was redeployed to 16°E after nearly 10 years of operations at 36°E.

36B's communications payload is connected to five downlink beams for Europe, Russia, Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia.

References

↑ Stephen Clark, Another Proton rocket mission ends in success, Spaceflight Now, November 24, 2009, on line www.spaceflightnow.com

External links

Eutelsat satellites

Post-2012 designations

East	3A 3B 3C 3D 4A 4B 7A 9A 9B 10A 16A 16B 16C 21A 21B 25A 25B 25C 28A 28B 31A 33A 33B 33C 36A 36B 36C 48A 48B 48C 48D 70A 70B 172A

West	5WA 7WA 8WA 8WB 8WC 12WA 65WA 113WA 115WA 115WB 117WA 117WB

Hot Bird	13A 13B 13C 13D

Other	KA-SAT SESAT-2 Telstar 12

Pre-2012 designations

Main brand

Eutelsat I	ECS-1 ECS-2 ECS-3 ECS-4 ECS-5

Eutelsat II	F-1 F-2 F-3 F-4 F-5

W Series	W1 W2 W2A W2M W3 W3A W3B W3C W3D W4 W5 W5A W6 W6A W7 W48 W75

Hot Bird

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Other

e-Bird
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Eutelsat 3B
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Telstar 12

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