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Owned by Eutelsat
Eutelsat

Eutelsat S.A. is a France-based telecommunications 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....
, the Eurobird 3 is a communications satellite
Communications satellite

A communications satellite is an artificial satellite stationed in space for the purposes of telecommunications. Modern communications satellites use a variety of orbits including geostationary orbits, Molniya orbits, other elliptical orbits and low Earth orbits....
 that offers capacity for broadband and broadcast services in Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
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Positioned at 33° East
33rd meridian east

The meridian 33? east of Prime Meridian is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Europe, Turkey, Africa, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole....
, Eurobird 3 is optimised for interactive broadband services, and also valued by broadcasters for occasional use and professional video services, and data networks like Estar by Technologie Satelitarne
Technologie Satelitarne

Technologie Satelitarne is a satellite Internet service provider from Poland. The project offered by Technologie Satelitarne is Broadband Internet access in areas with poor telecommunications infrastructure....
 service.

Its 20 Ku-band transponders are connected to 4 spot beams over Europe and Turkey.






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Owned by Eutelsat
Eutelsat

Eutelsat S.A. is a France-based telecommunications 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....
, the Eurobird 3 is a communications satellite
Communications satellite

A communications satellite is an artificial satellite stationed in space for the purposes of telecommunications. Modern communications satellites use a variety of orbits including geostationary orbits, Molniya orbits, other elliptical orbits and low Earth orbits....
 that offers capacity for broadband and broadcast services in Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
.

Positioned at 33° East
33rd meridian east

The meridian 33? east of Prime Meridian is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Europe, Turkey, Africa, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole....
, Eurobird 3 is optimised for interactive broadband services, and also valued by broadcasters for occasional use and professional video services, and data networks like Estar by Technologie Satelitarne
Technologie Satelitarne

Technologie Satelitarne is a satellite Internet service provider from Poland. The project offered by Technologie Satelitarne is Broadband Internet access in areas with poor telecommunications infrastructure....
 service.

Its 20 Ku-band transponders are connected to 4 spot beams over Europe and Turkey. These 4 beams overlap to allow hubs located in the hot spots of each beam to communicate with each other, thus ensuring highly effective pan-European coverage.

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