Eutelsat 5 West B at 5° East
| Position: | 5° East |
| Manufacturer: | Airbus Defense & Space |
| Operator: | Eutelsat |
| Launch operator: | ILS |
| Launch vehicle: | Proton M/Breeze |
| Launch date: | 10/09/2019 |
| Expected lifetime: | 15+ Years |
Eutelsat 5 West B is located at 5° West, a key digital infrastructure addressing predominantly French, Italian and Algerian broadcast markets.
The satellite is co-located with Eutelsat 5 West A, ensuring service continuity for over 300 TV channels broadcast at the 5° West position. It provides business continuity for services via a Ku-band payload with switchable transponders to increase commercial flexibility.
Eutelsat 5 West B also hosts the GEO-3 payload of the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay System (EGNOS). The EGNOS’ GEO-3 payload is designed to improve the performance of global navigation satellite systems in Europe.
Airbus Defence & Space and Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems (NGIS) were selected to build the new satellite. Airbus Defence & Space has built the satellite’s payload while the platform was manufactured by NGIS.
Eutelsat 5 West B was launched on October 9th, 2019 on a Proton M rocket operated by launch operator ILS from the Baikonour Cosmosrome launch site in Kazachstan.
Eutelsat 5 West A remains operational in orbit at 5° West to carry out other missions.
Eutelsat 5 West B at 5° East
Eutelsat 5 West B at 5° East
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