Eurobird was a series of satellites owned and operated by
Eutelsat. The Eurobird satellites provided broadcasting and telecommunication services primarily to the Western and Central European region from orbital positions of 9, 25.5 and 33 degrees East. The Eurobird brand was phased out on 1 March 2012, with the satellites becoming part of Eutelsat's main fleet in a company-wide rebranding.
Eurobirds still in operation:
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Eutelsat 33C
Eutelsat 133 West A (formerly Eurobird 1, Eutelsat 28A, and Eutelsat 33C) is a Eutelsat operated Eurobird satellite, used primarily for digital television. It was launched in March 2001, and after a short period testing at 33°E, joined Eutelsat 2 ...
(formerly Eurobird 1 and Eutelsat 28A), located at 33° East, carries no services at the moment.
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Eutelsat 25B / Es'hail (formerly Eurobird 2), located at 25.5° East, was formerly
Hot Bird 5 at 13° East. It is more commonly referred to as
Arabsat
The Arab Satellite Communications Organization (often abbreviated as Arabsat) is a communications satellite operator in the Arab World, headquartered in the city of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Arabsat was created to deliver satellite-based, public and ...
2D, and carries mostly
free-to-air
Free-to-air (FTA) services are television (TV) and radio services broadcast in unencrypted form, allowing any person with the FTA Receiver, appropriate receiving equipment to receive the signal and view or listen to the content without requiring ...
television.
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Eutelsat 33A (formerly Eurobird 3), located at 33° East, mainly used for
satellite internet
Satellite Internet access is Internet access provided through communication satellites. Modern consumer grade satellite Internet service is typically provided to individual users through geostationary satellites that can offer relatively high d ...
access.
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Eutelsat 9A
Eurobird was a series of satellites owned and operated by Eutelsat. The Eurobird satellites provided broadcasting and telecommunication services primarily to the Western and Central European region from orbital positions of 9, 25.5 and 33 degrees ...
(formerly Eurobird 9A), located at 9° East, carries the German
KabelKiosk package, the Russian
Platform HD
Platforma HD (russian: Платформа HD) was a Russian operator of satellite TV which broadcasts a package of HD-quality channels over the European territory of Russia. In addition, the package of channels of high-definition was avail ...
package, and
American Forces Network
The American Forces Network (AFN) is a government television and radio broadcast service the U.S. military provides to those stationed or assigned overseas. Headquartered at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland, AFN's broadcast operations, which i ...
Europe.
Eurobirds no longer in operation:
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Eurobird 4A
Eurobird was a series of satellites owned and operated by Eutelsat. The Eurobird satellites provided broadcasting and telecommunication services primarily to the Western and Central European region from orbital positions of 9, 25.5 and 33 degrees ...
, located at 4° East since June 2009, to be retired in 2012.
Pending investigation of damage caused to the craft, the retired
Hot Bird 3 will become
Eurobird 10
Eurobird was a series of satellites owned and operated by Eutelsat. The Eurobird satellites provided broadcasting and telecommunication services primarily to the Western and Central European region from orbital positions of 9, 25.5 and 33 degrees ...
, positioned at 10E alongside Eutelsat
W1.
List of providers
References
Communications satellites
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