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Hot Bird 10

Eutelat 33E
Names Hot Bird 10 (2009)
Atlantic Bird 4A (2009-11)
Eutelsat 3C (2011-13)
Hot Bird 13D (2013—16)
Eutelsat 33E (2016—)

Leased capacity:
Nilesat 104 (2009-12)
Mission type Communication
Operator Eutelsat
COSPAR ID 2009-008B
SATCAT no. 33750
Website www.eutelsat.com/en/satellites/the-fleet/EUTELSAT-33E.html
Mission duration 15 years
Spacecraft properties
Bus Eurostar-3000
Manufacturer Astrium
Launch mass 4,892 kilograms (10,785 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date 12 February 2009, 22:09 (2009-02-12UTC22:09Z) UTC
Rocket Ariane 5ECA
Launch site Kourou ELA-3
Contractor Arianespace
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric
Regime Geostationary
Longitude 7° west (2009-11)
3° east (2011-13)
13° east (2013—16)
33° east (2016—)
Slot Hot Bird (2013—16)
Transponders
Band 64 Ku-band
Coverage area Europe
North Africa
Middle East

Eutelsat 33E, previously known as Hot Bird 10, Atlantic Bird 4A, Eutelsat 3B and Nilesat 104, Hot Bird 13D is a French communications satellite. Operated by Eutelsat, it provides direct to home broadcasting services from geostationary orbit as part of Eutelsat's Hot Bird constellation at a longitude of 13 degrees east.

Eutelsat 33E was constructed by Astrium, and is based on the Eurostar-3000 satellite bus. It has a mass of 4,892 kilograms (10,785 lb) and is expected to operate for 15 years. The spacecraft has 64 Ku-band transponders, broadcasting satellite television and radio to Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.

Hot Bird 10, as it was then named, was launched by Arianespace using an Ariane 5ECA carrier rocket, as part of a dual launch with the NSS-9 spacecraft. Two French military satellites, Spirale-A and Spirale-B were also carried, as secondary payloads. The launch took place from ELA-3 at Kourou, French Guiana, at 22:09 UTC on 12 February 2009. The spacecraft was deployed into geosynchronous transfer orbit, raising itself to its operational geostationary orbit by means of its apogee motor.


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