Eutelsat

Eutelsat S.A.

Type	Public
Traded as	Euronext: ETL CAC Mid 60 Component
Industry	Satellite communication
Founded	1977; 41 years ago (1977)
Headquarters	Paris, France
Key people	Rodolphe Belmer (CEO)
Website	www.eutelsat.com

Eutelsat S.A. is a European satellite operator. Providing coverage over the entire European continent, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and the Americas, it is the world's third largest satellite operator in terms of revenues.^[1]

Eutelsat's satellites are used for broadcasting nearly 7,000 television stations, of which 1,400 are in HD, and 1,100 radio stations to over 274 million cable and satellite homes. They also serve requirements for TV contribution services, corporate networks, mobile communications, Internet backbone connectivity and broadband access for terrestrial, maritime and in-flight applications. Eutelsat is headquartered in Paris. Eutelsat Communications Chief Executive Officer is currently Rodolphe Belmer.^[2]

In October 2017, Eutelsat acquired NOORSAT, one of the leading satellite service providers in the Middle East, from Bahrain’s Orbit Holding Group. NOORSAT is the premier distributor of Eutelsat capacity in the Middle East, serving blue-chip customers and providing services for over 300 TV channels almost exclusively from Eutelsat’s market-leading Middle East and North Africa neighbourhoods at 7/8° West and 25.5° East.^[3]

Contents

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  1 History
  


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  2 Services
  


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  3 Satellites
  
  
  
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    3.1 Rented capacity
    
  
  
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    3.2 Former satellites
    
  
  
  
  


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  4 Bibliography
  


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  5 See also
  


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  6 References
  


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  7 External links
  

History

European Telecommunications Satellite Organization membership

The European Telecommunications Satellite Organization (Eutelsat) was originally set up in 1977 by 17 European countries as an intergovernmental organisation (IGO). Its role was to develop and operate a satellite-based telecommunications infrastructure for Europe.The Convention establishing the European Telecommunications Satellite Organization EUTELSAT was opened for signature in July 1982 and entered into force on 1 September 1985.^[4]

In 1982 Eutelsat decided to start operations of its first TV channel (Sky Channel or Sky 1) on the Orbital Test Satellite (OTS) in cooperation with ESA (The European Space Agency). This was the first satellite based direct-to-home TV channel launched in Europe. In 1983 Eutelsat launched its first satellite to be used for telecommunications and TV distribution

Initially established to address satellite telecommunications demand in Western Europe, Eutelsat rapidly developed its infrastructure to expand coverage to additional services (i.e. TV) and markets, such as Central and Eastern Europe in 1989, and the Middle East, the African continent, and large parts of Asia and the Americas from the 1990s.

Eutelsat was the first satellite operator in Europe to broadcast television channels direct-to-home. It developed its premium neighbourhood of five Hot Bird satellites in the mid-1990s to offer capacity that would be able to attract hundreds of channels to the same orbital location, appealing to widespread audiences for consumer satellite TV.

With the general liberalisation of the telecommunications sector in Europe, EUTELSAT's assets, liabilities and operational activities were transferred to a private company called Eutelsat S.A. established for this purpose in July 2001.^[5] The structure role and activities of the new intergovernmental organisation EUTELSAT IGO evolved. To this day, the main purpose of EUTELSAT IGO has been to ensure that Eutelsat S.A. observes the Basic Principles set forth in the EUTELSAT Amended Convention entered into force in November 2002. These Basic Principles refer to public service/universal service obligations, pan European coverage by the satellite system, non-discrimination and fair competition.^[6] The Executive Secretary of EUTELSAT IGO participates in all meetings of the Board of Directors of Eutelsat Communications S.A. and Eutelsat S.A. as an observer to the Board (censeur).^[7]

In April 2005, the principal shareholders of Eutelsat S.A. grouped their investment in a new entity (Eutelsat Communications), which is now the holding company of the Group owning 95.2% of Eutelsat S.A. on October 6, 2005. Currently it owns 96.0% of Eutelsat S.A.^[8]

On July 31, 2013, Eutelsat Communications announced the 100% acquisition of Satélites Mexicanos, S.A. de C.V. (“Satmex”) for $831 million in cash plus assumption of $311 million in Satmex debt, pending government and regulatory approvals.^[9] The transaction was finalized on January 2, 2014. Based in Mexico, Satmex operates three satellites at contiguous positions, 113° West (Satmex 6), 114.9° West (Satmex 5) and 116.8° West (Satmex 8) that cover 90% of the population of the Americas.

In December 2015, the company announced a partnership^[10] with Facebook to launch an internet satellite over Africa by 2016 where Facebook lease all of a satellite's high-throughput Ka-band capacity, however the satellite was destroyed during launch preparations.^[11]

Services

1/10 scale mockup of a Eutelsat W3 satellite, a Spacebus 4000C3 Image does NOT show W3B (for comparison actual W3B Photo)

Video Applications	Professional Data Networks	Broadband Services
Direct broadcasting of TV and radio	Private networks	Backhauling and trunking
Cable & IPTV distribution	Data broadcasting	Virtual Private Networks
Satellite newsgathering	Business TV, videoconferencing	Broadband Internet access on ground, at sea, in-flight
Programme exchanges	Mobile services (messaging, positioning)	Multicasting and IP content distribution

Hybrid Satellite OTT Solutions

In September 2018, Eutelsat launched Eutelsat CIRRUS, a new turnkey content delivery solution which enables broadcasters to deliver content to satellite and OTT screens and offer their audiences a seamless, multi-screen experience. Combining the wide reach of traditional DTH, with next-generation features, broadcasters can deliver an enriched viewer experience through live channel broadcasting, channel numbering, programme information, content security, subscriber management and set-top box management. Viewers can watch content on screens, phones and tablets, access multiple programmes, record and rewind and view detailed programme information.^[12]

Satellites

Eutelsat sells capacity on 37 satellites located in geosynchronous orbit between 133 degrees West and 174 degrees East.

On 1 March 2012, Eutelsat changed the names of its satellites. The group's satellites mostly take the Eutelsat name, with the relevant figure for their orbital position and a letter indicating their order of arrival at that position.

On 21 May 2014, Eutelsat Americas (formerly Satmex) aligned its satellite names with the Eutelsat brand.^[13]

Satellite	COSPAR ID	Location	Regions served	Launch	Comments
Eutelsat 3B	2014-030A	3°E	Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, Brazil	2014-05-26	Entered service in July[14]
Eutelsat 5 West A	2002-035A	5°W	Europe, Americas, Africa	2002-07-05	Formerly named Atlantic Bird 3 until March 2012, was also called Stellat 5
Eutelsat 7A	2004-008A	7°E	Europe, Middle East, Africa	2004-03-16	Formerly named Eutelsat W3A until March 2012
Eutelsat 7B	2013-022A	7°E	Europe, Middle East, Africa	2013-05-14
Eutelsat 7 West A	2011-051A	7°W	Middle East, North Africa	2011-09-24	Formerly named Atlantic Bird 7 until March 2012
Eutelsat 8 West B	2015-039A	8°W	Africa, Middle East	August 2015
Eutelsat KA-SAT [15][16]	2010-069A	9°E	Europe	2010-12-26
Eutelsat 9B[17][18]	2016-005A	9°E	Europe, North Africa, Middle East	2016-01-30
Eutelsat 10A	2009-016A	10°E	Europe, Africa, Middle East	2009-04-03	Formerly named Eutelsat W2A until March 2012; S-band payload not yet entered into service due to an anomaly.[19][20][21] Solaris Mobile filed the insurance claim and should be able to offer some, but not all of the services it was planning to offer.[22][23][24]
Eutelsat 12 West B	2001-042A	12.5°W	Europe, Americas	2001-09-25	Formerly named Atlantic Bird 2 until March 2012 and Eutelsat 8 West A until October 2015, when it was redeployed to 12.5 degrees West.
HOT BIRD 13B [25]	2001-011A	13°E	Europe, North Africa, Middle East	2006-08-05	Formerly named Hot Bird 8 until March 2012
HOT BIRD 13C	2008-065D	13°E	Europe, Africa, Middle East	2008-12-20	Formerly named Hot Bird 9 until March 2012
HOT BIRD 13E [26]	2006-007B	13°E	Europe, North Africa, Middle East	2006-03-11	Formerly named Eurobird 9A until March 2012; former Hot Bird 7A satellite / Eutelsat 9A
Eutelsat 16A	2011-057A	16°E	Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa, Indian Ocean Islands	2011-10-07	Formerly named Eutelsat W3C until March 2012
Eutelsat 21B	2012-062B	21.5°E	Europe, Middle East, North Africa, West Africa, Central Asia	2012-11-10	Fully operational since 2012-12-19.[27]
Eutelsat 33C [28]	2001-011A	33°E	Europe	2001-03-08	Satellite is currently being redeployed at 33 degrees East where it will be co-located with EUTELSAT 33B. Formerly named Eurobird 1 until March 2012 and Eutelsat 28A until July 2015
Eutelsat 33E	2009-008B	33°E	Europe, South-West Asia	2009-02-12	Formerly Hot Bird 10 and Atlantic Bird 4A [29]
Eutelsat 36A	2000-028A	36°E	Africa, Russia	2000-05-24	Formerly named Eutelsat W4 until March 2012. It is currently under redeployment
Eutelsat 36B	2009-065A	36°E	Europe, Africa, Middle East, Russia	2009-11-24	Formerly named Eutelsat W7 until March 2012
Eutelsat 36C	2015-082A	36°E	Russia, Africa	2015
Eutelsat 36 West A	2002-040A	36.5°W	Europe, Middle East, Americas	2002-08-28	Formerly named Atlantic Bird 1 until March 2012, and Eutelsat 12 West A
Eutelsat 48D	2008-065B	48°E	Afghanistan, Central Asia	2008-12-20	Co-branded AFGHANSAT 1. Formerly named Eutelsat 28B until January 2014, Eutelsat 48B until August 2012, W2M until March 2012[30]
Eutelsat 65 West A	2016-014A	65°W	Americas	2016-03-09
Eutelsat 70B	2012-069A	70.5°E	Europe, Middle East, Africa, Central Asia, South East Asia, Australia	2012-12-03
Eutelsat 113 West A	2006-020A	113°W	Americas	2006	Formerly Satmex 6 until May 2014
Eutelsat 115 West B	2015-010B	114.9°W	Americas	2015-03-02
Eutelsat 117 West A	2013-012A	116.8°W	Americas	2013	Formerly Satmex 8 until May 2014
Eutelsat 117 West B[31]	2016-038B	116.8°W	Americas	2016-06-15	Formerly Satmex 9
Eutelsat 172B	2017-027A	172°E	Asia-Pacific	2017-06-01
Eutelsat 174A	2005-052A	174°E	Asia-Pacific	2005-12-29	Formerly EUTELSAT 172A, and GE-23 satellite

Rented capacity

Satellite	Location	Regions served	Launch
EUTELSAT 28E	28.2°E	Europe	2013-09-29
EUTELSAT 28F	28.2°E	Europe	2012-09-28
EUTELSAT 28G	28.2°E	Europe	2014-12-27
Express AT1	56°E	Europe, Asia	2014-03-16
Express AT2	140°E	Europe, Asia	2014-03-16
SESAT 2	15°W	Europe, Americas	1999-10-19

Former satellites

Satellite	COSPAR ID	Location	Launched	Inclined	Retired	Lost	Comments
Eutelsat 1F1	1983-058A	13°E	1983	1989	1996	N/A
Eutelsat 1F2	1984-081A	7°E	1984	1990	1993	N/A
Eutelsat 1F4	1987-078B	7/13°E	1987	1993	2002	N/A
Eutelsat 1F5	1988-063B	10°E	1988	1994	2000	N/A
Eutelsat 2F1	1990-079B	13°E	1990	1999	2003	N/A
Eutelsat 2F2	1991-003B	10°E	1991	2000	2005	N/A
Eutelsat 2F3	1991-083A	16°E	1991	2000	2004	N/A
Eutelsat 2F4	1992-041B	7°E	1992	2001	2003	N/A
Hot Bird 1	1995-016B	13°E	1995	2006	2007	2012
Eutelsat W2	1998-056A	16°E	1998	N/A	2010	N/A
Eutelsat W3B [32]	2010-056A	16°E	2010	N/A	2010	N/A
Eutelsat W75	1997-049A	4°E	1997	N/A	2011	N/A	Former Hot Bird 3 and Eurobird 4 satellite
Eurobird 4A	2000-052A	4°E	2000	N/A	2012	N/A	Former Eutelsat W1 satellite
Eutelsat 4B	1998-057A	4°E	1998		2014	N/A	Formerly named Eurobird 2 until March 2012, now at 4E and called Eutelsat 4B
Eutelsat 16B	1998-013A	16°E	1998		2015	N/A	Formerly named Eurobird 16 until March 2012; former Atlantic Bird 4 and Hot Bird 4 satellite
Eutelsat 16C	2000-019A	16°E	2000		2018	N/A	Formerly named SESAT 1 until March 2012. Operated in inclined orbit at 16° East
Eutelsat 31A	2003-043A	31°E	2003		2018	N/A	Formerly named Eurobird and Eutelsat 33A
Eutelsat 33B	2002-051A	33°E	2002		2015	N/A	Formerly named Eutelsat W5 until March 2012; lost one of two solar panels June 16, 2008[33] Now at 25E and called Eutelsat 25C
Eutelsat 115 West A	1998-070A	114.8°W	1998		2015	N/A	Formerly Satmex 5 until May 2014
Eutelsat 48A	1996-067A	48°E	1996-11-21		2017	N/A	Formerly named Eutelsat W48 until March 2012; former Hot Bird 2 and Eurobird 9 satellite; operating in inclined orbit
Eutelsat 25B	2013-044A	25.5°E	1998-08-29				2018, Eutelsat sells its share in the satellite to Es'hail Sat[34]

Bibliography

• 
  (in French) (in English) Guy Lebègue, (trad. Robert J. Amral), « Eutelsat II: OK For West-to-East Service! », in Revue aerospatiale, n°73, November 1990.

See also

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  Eutelsat portal
  

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External links

• Official Website


• Tooway, Eutelsat's consumer broadband service

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