Atlantic Bird was a series of satellites operated by
Eutelsat over the
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe ...
. In 2012 the series was merged into Eutelsat's main fleet as part of the company's rebranding.
Two of the original three satellites replaced the
France Telecom
Orange S.A. (), formerly France Télécom S.A. (stylized as france telecom) is a French multinational telecommunications corporation. It has 266 million customers worldwide and employs 89,000 people in France, and 59,000 elsewhere. In 2015, ...
Telecom 2
Telecom may refer to:
* Telecommunications
** A telephone company (or ''telecommunications service provider'')
** The telecommunications industry
* Telecom Animation Film, a Japanese studio
See also
* Telcom (disambiguation)
* Telekom (disambi ...
satellites which Eutelsat had acquired in 1999. Five satellites were in operation as of 2006:
*
Atlantic Bird 1
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe an ...
, operating at 12.5°W
*
Atlantic Bird 2
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe an ...
, operating at 8°W (Replaced
Telecom 2A)
*
Atlantic Bird 3, a
Spacebus
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3000B3, operating at 5°W (Replaced
Telecom 2C)
*
Atlantic Bird 4, operated at 7°W (Formerly
Hot Bird 4, also known as
Nilesat
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103)
*
Atlantic Bird 7, operating at 7°W
Communications satellites
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