Hotbird 13A is moving west

Eutelsat Hotbird 13A is @ 8.3 east moving west to 8 west where it will join Eutelsat 8 west A & be renamed Eutelsat 8 west B


Single Satellite View for EUTELSAT HOT BIRD 13A 8.3°E
12.07.2013 14:37:41 UTC


Open 170 hour predicted tracking data for EUTELSAT HOT BIRD 13A
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Current Sat Longitude Sat Name Launch date Site Org Op Current Lat Longitude at Epoch Equator Crossing Longitude Current Lon Driftrate [degpr.day] Lon rate of change [°pr.10 min] Lat rate of change [°pr.10min] Inclination E/W Lon Osc (Incl) E/W Lon Osc (Ecc) Current apogee[km] Current perigee[km]
8.2636°E [ Satellite age is less than 20 year AND inclined less than 5.0 deg AND drifting more than 0.08deg/day] EUTELSAT HOT BIRD 13A 08/21/2002 AFETR EUTE + 0.0043°N 8.7347°E 8.2413°E [West] 0.616°W 0.0046 [West] 0.0009 [South] 0.0252° 0.0000° 0.0137° 35839.06 35828.94
Epoch Time of calculation Time since Epoch Current Alt [km] AVR Alt [km] AVR Distance from GEO [km] Number of orbits ID SatCat Predicted Time next crossing Alt. Eq. Crossing Dist. from GEO eq crossing
11.07.2013 19:40:48 12.07.2013 14:36:10 018:55:00 T= 0.79 35836.58 35834.00 47.60 3989.79 02038A 27499 12.07.2013 15:24 35837.4276 51.0276

Frequency plan for 8 west

Eutelsat 8 West A @ 8 west covers 10950 to 11200 + 12500 to 12750

Eutelsat 8 West B @ 8 west covers 10700 to 11200 + 11450 to 11700 + 12500 to 12750


Frequency plan for 7 west

Nilesat 102 covers 11180 to 12300 (Eurostar 2000)

(Nilesat 102 is at the end of expected life & will cease transmission soon after HB-6/ E8W-B arrives)

Nilesat 201 covers 11700 to 12750 (Spacebus 4000B)

Eutelsat 7 west A 10700 to 12750 (7.3 west) E7WA is another Eurostar 3000

Hotbird-6

Looking at the data for Hotbird 6 (Hotbird 13A)there are 3 beams but only one Ku band footprint & 2 Ka band see below,

1st 2 maps are Ka last map Ku band

New satellite for 8 west in 2015

Satellite broadcasting in the Middle East and North Africa will soon be gaining powerful new broadcasting resources following the order by Eutelsat of a new satellite from Thales Alenia Space.

Called EUTELSAT 8 West B, the high-capacity spacecraft will be launched in 2015 to 8° West, joining satellites already operated at the adjacent 7° West position by Eutelsat and the Egyptian satellite company, Nilesat.


The EUTELSAT 8 West B satellite will be equipped with 40 operational Ku-band transponders designed primarily to serve DTH markets in North Africa and the Middle East.

It will also introduce a C-band mission to 8° West, with 10 operational transponders connected to footprints covering the African continent and reaching west to South America.