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Hotbird 6


Renamed Eutelsat Hot Bird 13A in 2012

General


Designation 27499 / 02038A
Launch date 21 Aug 2002
Country of origin Europe
Mission Telecommunications
Geostationary orbit 13°E
Launch vehicle Atlas 5 #1

Tested at 1°E. Replaced Hotbird 5 on 26 Sep 2002.


Location


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


End of life


Out of service Aug 2016
Cause Sent to junk orbit

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Technical data


Lyngsat transponder loading



EIRP coverage (dBW)


Ku-band
Ka-band

G/T coverage (dB/K)


Ku-band
Ka-band


Specifications


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

Beacon: 11.700400 GHz & 19.70100 GHz

Ku-band


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

Will have 8 skyplex units (2 to 6 Mbps slots with up to 18 carriers per transponder).


Transponder frequency chart (GHz)


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  


Ka-band


Main transponders
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

Beacon at 19.700982 GHz

for data uplink

Transponder frequency chart (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  

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