Eutelsat 8 West B at 8° W
Technical details
- Status
- active
- Orbital position
- 8° WChannel line-up at 8° W | Coverage maps
- NORAD number
- 40875
- COSPAR number
- 2015-039B
- Operator
- Eutelsat Communications S.A.
- Manufacturer
- Thales Group
- Model
- Spacebus-4000C3
- Launch
- 20 Aug 2015 from Guiana Space Center on Ariane 5 ECA
- Launch mass
- 5600 kg
- Expected lifetime
- 15+ yrs.
- Callsign
- S3056
- Beacon
- 4199V, 11199.5, 11200.5, 12500.5, 12501.0
- Orbit
- GEO
Beams
- C-band Global beam (C band) View footprint
- Ku-band American beam (Ku band) View footprint
- Ku-band Eastern beam (Ku band) View footprint
- Ku-band Europe beam (Ku band) View footprint
- Ku-band MENA beam (Ku band) View footprint
About Eutelsat 8 West B
40 operational Ku-band transponders designed primarily to serve DTH markets in North Africa and the Middle East. It will also introduce a C-band mission to 8° West, with 10 operational transponders connected to footprints covering the African continent and reaching west to South America.