5° West a short History of this satellite position,
Stellat 5, as it was originally known, was built by Alcatel Space on behalf of Stellat, a joint-venture between France Telecom (70%) and Europe*Star (30%), a subsidiary of Alcatel Space and Loral Space and Communications.[3] It was launched 5 July 2002 at 23:21 UTC by an Ariane 5 G rocket from Guyana Space Centre along with the Japanese satellite N-STAR c. It had a launch weight of 4,050 kilograms (8,930 lb). Victim of financial difficulties, France Télecom withdrew from space operations. In this move it sold Stellat to Eutelsat in July 2002. Early 8 October, the satellite entered operational service.
Eutelsat completed the acquisition for a sum of €183,900,000 and renamed the satellite Atlantic Bird 3.
AB 3 took on the role covered by the satellites Telecom 1 and 2 C, operational between 1983 and 2002, in the historic French position of 5° longitude West. In March 2012 Eutelsat re-baptised its satellite fleet, and AB 3 was renamed Eutelsat 5 West A.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eutelsat_5_West_A
In a few weeks time a new satellite Eutelsat 5 West B will enter service @ 5°West.
https://www.eutelsat.com/files/PDF/brochures/EUTELSAT_SATELLITE_E5WB.pdf