Eutelsat 33C
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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 2F4 at 28.5°E in the Clarke Belt, just within the range of satellite dishes pointed at SES' Astra 2 satellites at 28.2° east. It moved to 33° east and joined Eutelsat 33B in July 2015. Then it was moved to 133° west.
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Names | Eurobird 1 (2001–2012) Eutelsat 28A (2012–2015) Eutelsat 33C (2015–?) Eutelsat 133 West A (?–) |
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Mission type | Communications |
Operator | Eutelsat |
COSPAR ID | 2001-011A |
SATCAT no. | 26719 |
Mission duration | 12 years |
Spacecraft properties | |
Bus | Spacebus 3000B2 |
Manufacturer | Alcatel Space |
Launch mass | 2,950 kilograms (6,500 lb) |
BOL mass | 1,810 kilograms (3,990 lb) |
Power | 5,900 watts |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 8 March 2001, 22:51 (2001-03-08UTC22:51Z) UTC[1] |
Rocket | Ariane 5G V140 |
Launch site | Kourou ELA-3 |
Contractor | Arianespace |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Geostationary |
Longitude | 28.5° East (2001–2015) 33° East (2015–?) 133° West (?–) |
Transponders | |
Bandwidth | 12*33 12*72 |
TWTA power | 90 watts |
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