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GEO Satellite

Eutelsat 70B GEO

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Launch date

2 December 2012

Position

70° East

Manufacturer

Airbus Defense & Space

Operator

Eutelsat

Launch operator

Sea Launch

Launch vehicle

Zenit 3SLB

Expected lifetime

15+ Years

Regions

Asia Pacific Region
Europe Region
Middle East Region
Oceania Region
Russia & CIS Region

Located at 70.5° East, an orbital position at the crossroad of four continents, Eutelsat 70B offers a broad Widebeam coverage and four high-performance fixed beams focused over Europe, Africa, Central Asia, South-East Asia and Australia.

The satellite’s high degree of on-board connectivity enables beams to be used for both regional and intercontinental connectivity. This supports high-growth services, such as secure government communications in Central Asia, with hubs located in the region or in Europe, professional data networks between South-East Asia and Africa, and direct connectivity between Europe and the Asia-Pacific region.

Eutelsat 70B is also optimised for broadcast services including distribution to cable and IPTV headends, DTH and DTT complementarity, video turnaround and Occasional Use. Its high-performance footprint of South-East Asia, which includes Myanmar, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand and Australia, targets a population of more than 600 million inhabitants. This beam has loopback capabilities and is also connected to the Europe beam to bring content in a single hop from Europe directly to Asia. Its orbital location also allows a double-feed solution with neighbouring hotspots, to maximise content choice for audiences.

The satellite was constructed by Astrium (Airbus Defense & Space) and was launched on December 2nd, 2012 on a Zenit 3SLB rocket from the Odyssey Launch Platform operated by launch operator Sea Launch.

GEO Satellite

Eutelsat 70B

succesfull


EUTELSAT 70B being loaded into the container
EUTELSAT 70B received at Sea Launch
Intelsat-21 on launch Seal Launch Odyssey platform
EUTELSAT 70B satellite launched by Sea Launch

GEO Satellite

Eutelsat 70B

succesfull


GEO Satellite

Eutelsat 70B

succesfull


EUTELSAT 70B Ku-band Africa Downlink Coverage
EUTELSAT 70B Ku-band Africa Uplink Coverage
EUTELSAT 70B Ku-band Asia Downlink Coverage
EUTELSAT 70B Ku-band Asia Uplink Coverage
EUTELSAT 70B Ku-band Central Asia Downlink Coverage
EUTELSAT 70B Ku-band Central Asia Upllink Coverage
EUTELSAT 70B Ku-band Europe Downlink Coverage
EUTELSAT 70B Ku-band Europe Uplink Coverage
EUTELSAT 70B Ku-band Widebeam Downlink Coverage
EUTELSAT 70B Ku-band Widebeam Uplink Coverage