Eutelsat 3B
Eutelsat 3B [EADS]
Eutelsat selected EADS Astrium in July 2011 to build the Eutelsat 3B communications satellite to provide video, data, Internet and telecom services across Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia and parts of South America, notably Brazil. The satellite will operate from Eutelsat 3°E location in geostationary orbit.
Based on Astrium’s Eurostar-3000 platform, Eutelsat 3B will operate 51 transponders in C, Ku and Ka-bands. Its ten antennas will enable Eutelsat 3B to provide fixed widebeams and steerable spotbeams to regional and national markets with a scalable allocation of power and spectrum per beam in Ka-band.
Scheduled for launch in early 2014, Eutelsat 3B will have a launch mass of six tonnes, an electrical power of 12 kW and is designed to deliver more than 15 years of in-orbit operation.
| Nation: | International |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Communication |
| Operator: | Eutelsat |
| Contractors: | EADS Astrium |
| Equipment: | 51 C, Ku and Ka-band transponders |
| Configuration: | Eurostar-3000 |
| Propulsion: | ? |
| Power: | 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries |
| Lifetime: | +15 years |
| Mass: | ~6000 kg |
| Orbit: | GEO |
| Satellite | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eutelsat 3B | 2014 |
References:
- EADS Astrium press release: Eutelsat orders new Eutelsat 3B satellite from Astrium
- ECS / Eutelsat-1 F1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (ECS-Bus)
- Eutelsat-2 F1, F2, F3, F4, F5 (Spacebus-2000)
- Eutelsat 5 West A (Spacebus-3000B3)
- Eutelsat 7 West A (Eurostar-3000)
- Eutelsat 8 West A (Spacebus-3000B2)
- Eutelsat 8 West B (Spacebus-4000C)
- Eutelsat 12 West A (Italsat-Bus)
- Eutelsat 3A (DFH-3 Bus)
- Eutelsat 3B (Eurostar-3000)
- Eutelsat 3C (Eurostar-3000)
- Eutelsat 3D (Spacebus-4000C3)
- Eutelsat 4A (Eurostar-2000+)
- Eutelsat 7A (Eurostar-3000S)
Eutelsat 7B(Spacebus-4000C3)- Eutelsat 9A (Spacebus-3000B3)
- Eutelsat 9B (Eurostar-3000)
- Eutelsat 10A (Spacebus-4000C4)
- Eutelsat 16A (Spacebus-4000C3)
- Eutelsat 16B (Eurostar-2000+)
- Eutelsat 16C (MSS-2500-GSO)
- Eutelsat 21A → Eutelsat 48C (Spacebus-3000B3)
- Eutelsat 21B (Spacebus-4000C3)
- Eutelsat 25A (Eurostar-2000+)
- Eutelsat 25B (LS-1300)
- Eutelsat 28A (Spacebus-3000B3)
- Eutelsat 33A (HS-376HP)
- Eutelsat 36A (Spacebus-3000B3)
- Eutelsat 36B (Spacebus-4000C4)
- Eutelsat 36C (Eurostar-3000)
- Eutelsat 48A (Eurostar-2000+)
- Eutelsat 48B → Eutelsat 28B (I-3K)
- Eutelsat 70A → Eutelsat 25C (Spacebus-3000B3)
- Eutelsat 70B (Eurostar-3000)
- Eutelsat 172A (Spacebus-4000C3)
- Eutelsat Hot Bird 13A (Spacebus-3000B3)
- Eutelsat Hot Bird 13B, 13C (Eurostar-3000)
- Eutelsat KA-SAT 9A (Eurostar-3000)
