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Hot Bird 8

Hot Bird 13B
Names Hot Bird 8 (2006-12)
Hot Bird 13B (2012—)
Mission type Communication
Operator Eutelsat
COSPAR ID 2006-032A
SATCAT no. 29270
Website www.eutelsat.com/en/satellites/the-fleet/EUTELSAT-HB13B.html
Mission duration 15 years
Spacecraft properties
Bus Eurostar-3000
Manufacturer Astrium
Launch mass 4,875 kilograms (10,748 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date 4 August 2006, 21:48:00 (2006-08-04UTC21:48Z) UTC
Rocket Proton-M/Briz-M
Launch site Baikonur 200/39
Contractor International Launch Services
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric
Regime Geostationary
Longitude 13° east
Slot Hot Bird
Transponders
Band 64 Ku-band
Coverage area Europe
North Africa
Middle East

Hot Bird 13B, known as Hot Bird 8 prior to 2012, 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.

Hot Bird 13B was constructed by Astrium, and is based on the Eurostar-3000 satellite bus. It has a mass of 4,875 kilograms (10,748 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 8, as it was then named, was launched by a Proton-M carrier rocket with a Briz-M upper stage. The launch took place from Site 200/39 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, at 21:48:00 on 4 August 2006 with spacecraft separation occurring at 06:59:20 on 5 August. The launch was conducted by International Launch Services. The spacecraft was deployed into geosynchronous transfer orbit, raising itself to its operational geostationary position at 13 degrees east by means of its apogee motor. The spacecraft is co-located with Hot Bird 13C and Hot Bird 13D.


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