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Hot Bird is the name of a popular family of satellites operated by Eutelsat, located at 13°E over the Equator (orbital position) and with a transmitting footprint over Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.
Both digital and analogue radio and television channels are transmitted by the HOT BIRD constellation, both free-to-air and encrypted. In addition there are a few interactive and IP services. The satellites currently at 13° East are numbered 6, 8 & 9.
HOT BIRD 1 (inactive) was launched in 1995, the 13° East slot predates the launch, with Eutelsat 1F1 having been located there as early as 1983, and Eutelsat 2F1 having also served time at the location. It has reached end-of-life.
HOT BIRD 2 (inactive) was re-located to 9°E and renamed Eurobird 9. HOT BIRD 2 services were transferred in the night of March 14 2007 to HOT BIRD 8.
HOT BIRD 3 (active) was intended to be moved to 10°E to become Eurobird 10. During the drift from 13°E to 10°E, the satellite suffered loss of power from one solar array. It was nevertheless successfully moved to 10°E, but could only operate at a reduced capacity. Since then, it is operating at 4°E under the name EUROBIRD 4.
HOT BIRD 4 (active) was redeployed to 7°W in July 2006, becoming Atlantic Bird 4 / Nilesat 103
HOT BIRD 5 (active) was re-located to 25.5°E and renamed Eurobird 2. Six transponders are leased to Arabsat under the name Badr 3, after having been called Arabsat 2D.
HOT BIRD 6 (active) was launched in 21 July 2002. Starting on 12 June 2009, the day of Iranian elections, deliberate interference affecting this satellite was traced to Iran. Hot Bird 6 is the primary carrier for BBC Persian Television.[1]
HOT BIRD 7 (active) was lost in December 2002 during the Ariane 5 ECA launch. Its replacement, Hot Bird 7A (a Spacebus 3000B3) was successfully launched on 11 March 2006.
HOT BIRD 8 (active) was launched in 5 August 2006. With a launch mass of 4.9 tonnes, HOT BIRD 8 is the largest and most powerful broadcast satellite serving Europe.
HOT BIRD 9 (active) was launched in December 2008. Its entry into service enabled the HOT BIRD 7A satellite to be redeployed to 9° East and rebranded EUROBIRD 9A, increasing capacity to 38 Ku band transponders at this orbital position.
HOT BIRD 10 (active) was launched in February 2009. It will support Eutelsat's expansion at 7° West, a key video neighbourhood for the Middle East, until its final deployment at 13° East after the redeployment of HOT BIRD 6.
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Packages Broadcasting on HOT BIRD
- Bis TV
- American Forces Network
- Viacom
- Globecast
- Telecom Serbia
- Eurosport
- Cyfra+
- N
- Sky Italia
- NOVA Greece
- NOVA Cyprus
- Cyfrowy Polsat
- Holy God TV
Free-To-Air Channels
Up to 1000 TV and radio channels are available Free-To-Air.
References
- ^ BBC Persian television combats broadcast interference from Iran, BBC Press Release
External links
- Hot Bird Coverage
- Eutelsat HOT BIRD information
- Eutelsat Satellites
- Channel listings on Lyngsat
- Channel listings on SatcoDX
- Channel listings on Flysat
- Daily updated channel listings
- Channel listings on Sathint
- Hot Bird Footprints - Sathint
- Hot Bird 6 Ku-band Europe Beam footprint(s) at SatBeams
- Hot Bird 7A Ku-band Europe Beam footprint(s) at SatBeams
- Hot Bird 8 Ku-band Europe Beam footprint(s) at SatBeams
- Hot Bird 9 Ku-band Europe Beam footprint(s) at SatBeams
- Location: 0°0′N 13°00′E / 0°N 13°ECoordinates: 0°0′N 13°00′E / 0°N 13°E
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