| Type | Public (Euronext: ETL) |
|---|---|
| Industry | Satellite communication |
| Founded | 1977 |
| Headquarters | Paris, France |
| Key people | Michel de Rosen (CEO) |
| Website | www.eutelsat.com |
Eutelsat S.A. is a French-based satellite provider. Providing coverage over the entire European continent, as well as the Middle East, Africa, India and significant parts of Asia and the Americas, it is one of the world's three leading satellite operators in terms of revenues.
Eutelsat’s satellites are used for broadcasting 3,800 television and 1100 radio stations to over 200 million cable and satellite homes. They also serve requirements for TV contribution services, corporate networks, mobile positioning and communications, Internet backbone connectivity and broadband access for terrestrial, maritime and in-flight applications. Eutelsat is headquartered in Paris. Eutelsat Communications Chief executive officer is Michel de Rosen.[1]
Its main craft have traditionally operated from four positions, each separated by three degrees of the Clarke belt - 7, 10, 13 and 16°E; although more positions are now operated.
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Eutelsat commercialises capacity on 29 satellites located in geosynchronous orbit between 15 degrees West and 70.5 degrees East.
As of March 1st 2012, Eutelsat is unifying the names of its satellites with the Eutelsat brand. The Group’s satellites will all take the Eutelsat name, with the relevant figure for their orbital position and a letter indicating their order of arrival at that position. http://www.eutelsat.com/satellites/eutelsat-satellites.html
| Satellite | Location | Regions served | Launch | Comments | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hot Bird 6[2] | 13° East | Europe, North Africa, Middle East | Aug. 2002 | ||
| Hot Bird 8[3] | 13° East | Europe, North Africa, Middle East | Aug. 2006 | ||
| Hot Bird 9 | 13° East | Europe, Africa, Middle East | Dec. 2008 | ||
| Eurobird 1[4] | 28.5° East | Europe | March 2001 | ||
| Eurobird 2 | 25.5° East | Europe, North Africa, Middle East | Oct. 1998 | ||
| Eurobird 3 | 33° East | Europe | Sept. 2003 | ||
| Eurobird 4A (former W1) | 4° East | Europe, North Africa, Middle East, Central Asia | Sept. 2000 | ||
| Eurobird 9A (former Hot Bird 7A)[5] | 9° East | Europe, North Africa, Middle East | March 2006 | ||
| Eurobird 16 (former Alantic Bird 4) and (former Hot Bird 4) | 15.8° East | Europe, Middle East | Feb. 1998 | Operating in inclined orbit | |
| SESAT 1 | 16° East | Europe, North Africa, Middle East, Asia | Apr. 2000 | Operating in inclined orbit | |
| W2A | 10° East | Europe, Africa, Middle East | Apr. 3, 2009 | S-band payload not yet entered into service due to an anomaly.[6] Solaris Mobile filed the insurance claim and should be able to offer some, but not all of the services it was planning to offer.[7] | |
| W2M | 16° East | Europe, Middle East, Africa | Dec. 2008 | failed in orbit[8] | |
| W3A | 7° East | Europe, Middle East, Africa | March 2004 | ||
| W3C | 16° East | Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa, Indian Ocean Islands | Oct. 7, 2011 | ||
| W4 | 36° East | Africa, Russia | May 2000 | ||
| W5 | 70.5° East | Europe, Middle East, Asia, Australia | Nov. 2002 | Lost one of two solar panels June 16, 2008[9] | |
| W6 | 21.5° East | Europe, Middle East, Africa | Apr. 1999 | ||
| W7 | 36° East | Europe, Africa, Middle East, Russia | 2009 | ||
| W48 (former Hot Bird 2 and Eurobird 9) | 48° East | Central Europe, Middle East, Central Asia | Nov. 1996 | Operating in inclined orbit | |
| Atlantic Bird 1 | 12.5° West | Europe, Middle East, Americas | Aug. 2002 | ||
| Atlantic Bird 2 | 8° West | Europe, Middle East, Americas | Sept. 2001 | ||
| Atlantic Bird 3 | 5° West | Europe, Americas, Africa | Jul. 2002 | ||
| Atlantic Bird 7 | 7° West | Middle East, North Africa | Oct. 2011 | ||
| Eutelsat 3C (former Hot Bird 10 and Atlantic Bird 4A) | 3° East | Europe, South-West Asia | Feb. 12, 2009 | ||
| KA-SAT[10][11] | 9° East | Europe | Dec. 2010 | ||
| Eutelsat 3A | 3° East | Europe, North Africa | Jun. 01, 2007 |
| Satellite | Location | Regions served | Launch |
|---|---|---|---|
| W6A | 21.5° East | Europe, North Africa, Middle East, Central Asia | 2012 |
| W5A | 70.5° East | Europe, Africa, Central and South East Asia | 2012 |
| EUROBIRD 2A | 25.5° East | North Africa, Middle East, Central Asia | 2013 |
| W3D | 7° East | Europe, Africa, Middle East, Central Asia | 2013 |
| EUTELSAT 3B | 3° East | Africa, Middle East, Central Asia, South America | 2014 |
| EUTELSAT 9B | 9° East | Europe | 2014 |
| Satellite | Location | Regions served | Launch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Telecom 2D | 8° West | Western Europe | Aug. 1996 |
| Telstar 12 | 15° West | Europe, Americas | Oct. 1999 |
| Express AM22 (SESAT 2) | 53° East | Europe, North Africa, Middle East, Asia | Dec. 2003 |
| Satellite | Primary position | Launched | Inclined | Retired | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1F1 | 13° East | 1983 | 1989 | 1996 | |
| 1F2 | 7° East | 1984 | 1990 | 1993 | |
| 1F4 | 13°/7° East | 1987 | 1993 | 2002 | |
| 1F5 | 10° East | 1988 | 1994 | 2000 | |
| 2F1 | 13° East | 1990 | 1999 | 2003 | |
| 2F2 | 10° East | 1991 | 2000 | 2005 | |
| 2F3 | 16° East | 1991 | 2000 | 2004 | |
| 2F4 | 7° East | 1992 | 2001 | 2003 | |
| Hot Bird 1 | 13° East | 1995 | 2006 | ||
| W2 | 16° East | 1998 | 2010 | ||
| W3B [12] | 16° East | 2010 | |||
| W75 (former Hot Bird 3) and Eurobird 4 | 4° East | 1997 | 2011 |
| Video Applications | Professional Data Networks | Broadband Services |
| Direct broadcasting of TV and radio | Private networks | IP backbone connectivity |
| Cable distribution | Data broadcasting | Virtual Private Networks |
| Satellite newsgathering | Business TV, videoconferencing | Broadband Internet access on ground, at sea, in-flight |
| Programme exchanges | Mobile services (messaging, positioning) | Multicasting and IP content distribution |
The European Telecommunications Satellite Organization (Eutelsat) was originally set up in 1977 as an intergovernmental organisation (IGO) to develop and operate a satellite-based telecommunications infrastructure for Europe. It started operations with the launch of its first satellite in 1983.
Initially established to address satellite communications demand in Western Europe, Eutelsat rapidly developed its infrastructure to expand coverage to additional markets, such as Central and Eastern Europe in 1989, and the Middle East, the African continent, and large parts of Asia and the Americas from the 1990s.
Eutelsat was the first satellite operator in Europe to broadcast television channels direct-to-home. It developed its premium neighbourhood of five Hot Bird satellites in the mid-1990s to offer capacity that would be able to attract hundreds of channels to the same orbital location, appealing to widespread audiences for consumer satellite TV.
With the general liberalisation of the telecommunications sector in Europe, the IGO’s operations and activities were transferred to a private company called Eutelsat S.A. in July 2001.
In April 2005, the principal shareholders of Eutelsat S.A. grouped their investment in a new entity (Eutelsat Communications), which is now the holding company of the Group owning 95.2% of Eutelsat S.A. on October 6, 2005. Currently it owns 96.0 % of Eutelsat S.A.
Source: http://www.eutelsat.com/investors/pdf/ETL-consolidated-financial-statements-300609.pdf
According to the media freedom advocate Reporters Without Borders, Eutelsat closed down transmissions of the Falun Gong-linked TV station NTDTV in June 2008, which RSF accused of to appease the Chinese government.[13] Eutelsat claimed that the shutdown was due to a technical failure, but Reporters Without Borders released an alleged transcript of a recorded phone conversation with an unnamed employee in Eutelsat's Beijing office. The caller pretended to be a government official from China's propaganda ministry, which the Eutelsat employee took for granted. The conversation indicated that the decision to shut down NTDTV was made by Eutelsat's CEO Giuliano Berretta, who awaited in return significant business deals with China. The transcript is available on Reporters Without Borders website. [7] Eutelsat was criticised heavily for the decision, and censured by the European Parliament. Following the European Parliament written declaration, Eutelsat immediately issued a press release, denying all charges of discrimination against NTDTV.
As of January 2010 rumors have surfaced that Eutelsat might be giving in to Kremlin pressure to terminate broadcast of the recently launched "First Caucasian Channel" in Russian. The pro-Western channel is operated by Georgian government to counter Russian propaganda in the Caucasus region.[14][15][16][17]
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