Communications
EUTELSAT HOTBIRD 13C
OperationalCommunicationsGEONORAD 33459
EUTELSAT HOTBIRD 13C is a EUTELSAT S.A. communications satellite, launched on December 20, 2008 into GEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- December 20, 2008 at 10:35 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 5 ECA →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- Eutelsat W2M & Hot Bird 9
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,800 km
- Periapsis
- 35,772 km
- Inclination
- 2.94°
- Orbital period
- 1436.08 min
- Orbit data fetched
- October 14, 2026 at 04:02 PM UTC
Spacecraft
- Operator
- EUTELSAT S.A.
- Manufacturer
- EADS Astrium
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 4,880 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,338 kg
- Power
- 14,500 W
- Design lifetime
- 15 years
- Dimensions
- 6.3 × 2.7 × 2.7 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2008-065A
- NORAD catalog №
- 33459
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Eutelsat- Radar cross-section
- 6.3245 m²
- Status
- Operational
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