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Eutelsat 3D

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Eutelsat 3D
Mission typeCommunications
OperatorEutelsat
COSPAR ID2013-022A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.39163
Mission duration15 years (planned) [1]
Spacecraft properties
BusSpacebus 4000[1]
ManufacturerThales Alenia Space[1]
Launch mass5,470 kilograms (12,060 lb)[2]
Start of mission
Launch date14 May 2013, 16:02 (2013-05-14UTC16:02Z) UTC
RocketProton-M/Briz-M[2]
Launch siteBaikonur Cosmodrome 200/39[2]
ContractorInternational Launch Services
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeGeostationary
Longitude3° east[1]
Perigee altitude35,782 kilometres (22,234 mi)[3]
Apogee altitude35,805 kilometres (22,248 mi)[3]
Inclination0.05 degrees[3]
Period1436.14 minutes (23.935 hrs)[3]
Epoch24 January 2015, 05:09:19 UTC[3]
Transponders
Band56 Ka and Ku transponders
Instruments
Transponders, Footprints, and Frequency Bands

Eutelsat 3D is a communications satellite operated by Eutelsat, provides services to Europe, North Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia. It initially was located at 3° E in geosynchronous orbit in a fixed point above the equator, where Eutelsat already has two satellites, Eutelsat 3A and Eutelsat 3C. When Eutelsat 3B was launched in 2014 this satellite was moved to 7°E.

The satellite has four footprints and broadcasts on both the Ka band and the Ku band. Three footprints serve Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia and North Africa in both Ka and Ku bands. The fourth footprint covers sub-Saharan Africa but only in Ku band. It has 56 transponders in total. The satellite was built by Thales Alenia Space using their spacebus 4000 satellite bus.[1][4]

The satellite was launched by International Launch Services from pad 39 at Site 200 at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The launch used a Proton-M rocket with a Briz-M upper stage. The first three stages of the Proton fire for the first 9 minutes, 42 seconds. After that the Briz-M upper stage takes over with five separate burns until the spacecraft separates from the upper stage 9 hours and 13 minutes after launch.[5]

The satellite launched on 14 May 2013 at 16:02 UTC and was successfully placed into geostationary transfer orbit.[6] It was given the International Designator 2013-022A and the US satellite catalog reference 39163.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "EUTELSAT 3D satellite arrives at the Baikonour Cosmodrome. Readies for ILS Proton launch on May 14". Eutelsat. 2013-04-16. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  2. ^ a b c "Eutelsat 3D". ILS. n.d. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  3. ^ a b c d e "EUTE 3D Satellite details 2013-022A NORAD 39163". N2YO. 24 January 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  4. ^ "Media Advisory: ILS Proton to Launch EUTELSAT 3D". ILS. 7 May 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  5. ^ "Eutelsat 3D" (PDF). ILS. n.d. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 December 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  6. ^ "ILS Proton Successfully Launches Eutelsat 3D for Eutelsat". ILS. 15 May 2013. Archived from the original on 30 July 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
  7. ^ "Eutelsat 3D". zarya.info. n.d. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 14 May 2013.

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