Atlantic Bird
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Atlantic Bird is the name for a set of satellites operated by Eutelsat
operating over the Atlantic Ocean
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Two of the original three satellites replaced the France Telecom
Telecom 2 series satellites which Eutelsat had acquired in 1999.
Five satellites are in operation as of 2006:
Eutelsat
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...
operating over the Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...
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Two of the original three satellites replaced the France Telecom
France Télécom
France Telecom S.A. is the main telecommunications company in France, the third-largest in Europe and one of the largest in the world. It currently employs about 180,000 people and has 192.7 million customers worldwide . In 2010 the group had revenue of €45.5 billion...
Telecom 2 series satellites which Eutelsat had acquired in 1999.
Five satellites are in operation as of 2006:
- Atlantic Bird 1, operating at 12.5°W
- Atlantic Bird 2, operating at 8°W (Replaced Telecom 2A)
- Atlantic Bird 3, a SpacebusSpacebusSpacebus is a satellite bus produced at the Cannes Mandelieu Space Center in France by Thales Alenia Space. Spacebuses are typically used for geostationary communications satellites, and fifty-two have been launched since development started in the 1980s. Spacebus was originally produced by...
3000B3, operating at 5°W (Replaced Telecom 2C) - Atlantic Bird 4, operated at 7°W (Formerly Hot BirdHot BirdHot Bird is the name of a popular family of satellites operated by Eutelsat, located at 13°E over the Equator and with a transmitting footprint over Europe, North Africa and the Middle East....
4, also known as NilesatNilesatNilesat is an Egyptian company, and the name of a series of Egyptian communications satellites. It was established in 1996 with the purpose of operating Egyptian satellites and their associated ground control station and uplinking facilities...
103) - Atlantic Bird 7, operating at 7°W