Designation | 27499 / 02038A |
Launch date | 21 Aug 2002 |
Country of origin | Europe |
Mission | Telecommunications |
Geostationary orbit | 13°E |
Launch vehicle | Atlas 5 #1 |
Begin | End | Position |
L: 21 Aug 2002 | Sep 2002 | 1°E |
Sep 2002 | Jul 2013 | 13°E |
Aug 2013 | Sep 2015 | 7.8°W, Eutelsat 8 West C |
Nov 2015 | Apr 2016 | 33.1°E, Eutelsat 33D |
May 2016 | Aug 2016 | 70.3°E |
Out of service | Aug 2016 |
Cause | Sent to junk orbit |
Prime contractor | Alcatel Space |
Platform | Spacebus-3000B3 |
Mass at launch | 3905 kg |
Mass in orbit | |
Dimension | |
Solar array | |
Stabilization | 3-axis |
DC power | BOL: 10500 W |
Design lifetime | 12 years |
Main transponders | 28 |
Backup transponders | |
Power | |
Bandwidth |
16
transponders of 33 MHz 12 transponders of 36 MHz |
Coverage | super-widebeam (entire European continent, North Africa and the Middle East) |
EIRP max | |
G/T max | |
Polarization | linear H/V |
Horizontal
Uplink |
Horizontal
Downlink | Transponder |
Vertical
Downlink |
Vertical
Uplink | Bandwidth (MHz) | Remarks |
10.81508 | 115 | 13.78902 | 33 | |||
13.80820 | 116 | 10.83426 | 33 | |||
10.85344 | 117 | 13.82738 | 33 | |||
13.84656 | 116 | 10.87262 | 33 | |||
10.97141 | 123 | 14.25066 | 36 | |||
14.27141 | 124 | 10.99216 | 36 | |||
11.01291 | 125 | 14.29216 | 36 | |||
14.31291 | 126 | 11.03366 | 36 | |||
11.05441 | 127 | 14.33366 | 36 | |||
14.35441 | 128 | 11.07516 | 36 | |||
11.09591 | 129 | 14.37516 | 36 | |||
14.39591 | 130 | 11.11666 | 36 | |||
11.13741 | 131 | 14.41666 | 36 | |||
14.43741 | 132 | 11.15816 | 36 | |||
11.17891 | 133 | 14.45816 | 36 | |||
14.47891 | 134 | 11.19966 | 36 | |||
11.56574 | 153 | 14.01918 | 33 | |||
14.03836 | 154 | 11.58492 | 33 | |||
11.60410 | 155 | 14.05754 | 33 | |||
14.07672 | 156 | 11.62328 | 33 | |||
11.64246 | 157 | 14.09590 | 33 | |||
14.11508 | 158 | 11.66164 | 33 | |||
11.68082 | 159 | 14.13426 | 33 | |||
14.15344 | 90 | 12.51984 | 33 | Skyplex | ||
12.53902 | 91 | 14.17262 | 33 | Skyplex | ||
14.19180 | 92 | 12.55820 | 33 | Skyplex | ||
12.57738 | 93 | 14.21098 | 33 | |||
14.23016 | 94 | 12.59656 | 33 |
Main transponders | 4 |
Backup transponders | |
Power | |
Bandwidth | 72 MHz |
Coverage | Western Europe only |
EIRP max | |
G/T max | |
Polarization | |
Frequencies |
uplink:
29.50-30.00 GHz downlink: 19.70-20.20 GHz |
Horizontal
Uplink |
Horizontal
Downlink | Transponder |
Vertical
Downlink |
Vertical
Uplink | Bandwidth (MHz) | Remarks |
19.74800 | K153 | 29.54800 | 72 | |||
29.54800 | K154 | 19.74800 | 72 | |||
29.64200 | K158 | 19.84200 | 72 | |||
19.84200 | K159 | 29.64200 | 72 |