Eutelsat 16C
Appearance
Names | SESAT-1 (2000–2012) Eutelsat 16C (2012–2018) Eutelsat SESAT |
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Mission type | Communications |
Operator | Eutelsat Communications |
COSPAR ID | 2000-019A |
SATCAT no. | 26243 |
Website | https://www.eutelsat.com/en/home.html |
Mission duration | 10 years (planned) 17.8 years (achieved) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | SESAT-1 |
Spacecraft type | KAUR |
Bus | MSS-2500-GSO |
Manufacturer | NPO PM Alcatel Alenia Space |
Launch mass | 2,500 kg (5,500 lb) |
Power | 5.6 kW[1] |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 17 April 2000, 21:06:00 UTC |
Rocket | Proton-K / DM-2M |
Launch site | Baikonur, Site 200/39 |
Contractor | Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center |
Entered service | June 2000 |
End of mission | |
Disposal | Graveyard orbit |
Deactivated | 13 February 2018 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
Regime | Geostationary orbit |
Longitude | 36° East (2000–2010) 16° East (2010–2018) |
Transponders | |
Band | 18 Ku-band |
Bandwidth | 72 MHz |
Coverage area | Europe, Africa, Russia |
Eutelsat 16C (formerly SESAT 1) is a satellite operated by Eutelsat Communications, originally the first of a series of SESAT (Siberia - Europe SATellite) satellites. It provides a wide range of telecommunications services over a very large geographical coverage area that extends from the Atlantic Ocean to Eastern Russia, including a large part of Siberia. The satellite also provide broadcasting services to Africa by means of steerable spotbeams.[2]
On 29 January 2010, the satellite moved to 16° East to take over some services from the malfunctioning Eutelsat W2 satellite. The satellite was deorbited on 13 February 2018, after 17 years and 10 months of service, setting a record for in-orbit life.[3]
References
- ^ "Eutelsat 16C at 16.0° East". International Media Switzerland. 25 February 2014. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
- ^ "Eutelsat 16C". Eutelsat Communications. 9 July 2012. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
- ^ "EUTELSAT 16C satellite, ex-SESAT, sets record for in-orbit life". AvioNews. Retrieved 19 February 2018.