Eutelsat 8 West B is a geostationary communications satellite. Operated by Eutelsat, it provides direct-to-home (DTH) broadcasting services from geostationary orbit. The satellite is part of Eutelsat's constellation at a longitude of 8° West. Eutelsat announced the order of a new Spacebus satellite bus from Thales Alenia Space in October 2012.
Satellite description
Eutelsat 8 West B is a satellite with a design life of 15 years. It is equipped with an S400-12 apogee motor which was used for initial
orbit raising manoeuvres and an S10-18 engine for station keeping burns.
The spacecraft has 10 C-band and 40
Ku band transponders.
Launch
Eutelsat 8 West B was launched on the Ariane 5ECA launch vehicles from Centre Spatial Guyanais at the
Kourou in
French Guiana. Liftoff occurred at 20:34:08 UTC on 20 August 2015,
with the launch vehicle successfully injecting its payload into geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO). The launch was conducted by
Arianespace.
Mission
Following launch, the satellite
Eutelsat 8 West B used its apogee motor to raise itself into geostationary orbit, positioning itself at a longitude of 8° West. Capacity leased by
Nilesat is marketed as
Nilesat 104B.
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