Eutelsat is a leading satellite operator and the world's first integrated GEO-LEO satellite operator, formed in 2023 through the combination of Eutelsat and OneWeb. With a fleet of 34 geostationary satellites and a LEO constellation of over 600 satellites, the company provides global services for video broadcasting, broadband, data connectivity, and government communications. Eutelsat also delivers services for maritime and in-flight mobility, offering solutions like the Eutelsat Advance platform for high-end connectivity and digital platforms for broadcasters. Associated keywords include satellite communications, GEO-LEO infrastructure, and broadcast services.
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On 2019-10-24, Eutelsat Communications identified that an Eutelsat satellite launched two weeks earlier is experiencing an issue with one of its two solar arrays.
Eutelsat is investigating the impact of the power problem on Eutelsat 5 West B, a Northrop Grumman-built spacecraft intended to replace the 17-year-old Eutelsat 5 West A over Europe and Northern Africa.
Eutelsat-5 West B has a mass of 2,860 kg and uses a Northrop Grumman GEOStar-2 platform with an all Ku-band payload from Airbus Defence and Space.
Eutelsat-5 West B carries a hosted payload for the European GNSS Agency called GEO-3.
International Launch Services’ Proton mission that carried MEV-1 and Eutelsat 5 West B was previously planned for 2019-09-30 but was delayed due to an issue identified during electrical testing of the rocket’s upper stage control system.
MEV-1 is dual-manifested on the Proton with the Northrop-built Eutelsat 5 West B communications satellite.
Approximately 80% of Azerspace-2’s capacity is in use, with global satellite operators Intelsat and Eutelsat using the satellite.
AAC Clyde Space will build two 12-kilogram 6U cubesats for Eutelsat that are planned to launch in 2021.
Eutelsat ordered two cubesats from AAC Clyde Space on 2019-09-24.
Eutelsat said the AAC Clyde Space satellites and Loft Orbital hosted payloads will cost the company no more than 1,000,000 EUR each.
The first of Loft Orbital’s condosats for Eutelsat, YAM-2, is slated to launch on India’s PSLV rocket between 2019-02-01 and 2019-04-30.
Eutelsat contrasts the capital magnitude needed for its planned ELO nanosatellite constellation with the larger investments planned by Telesat, OneWeb, and SpaceX for broadband LEO constellations.
Loft Orbital will build two 8-kilogram payloads for Eutelsat and fly them on two 80-kilogram multi-customer condosats that Loft Orbital plans to launch in 2020.
Eutelsat considers nanosatellites in low Earth orbit better suited than its existing constellation of nearly 40 geostationary satellites for delivering low-data-rate connectivity to millions of remote devices in the transportation, agriculture, and oil and gas industries.
AAC Clyde Space reported that its Eutelsat contract is worth 2,000,000 EUR with the potential to expand to 5,000,000 EUR depending on chosen options and services.
Eutelsat ordered a prototype nanosatellite from Tyvak International that is expected to launch early next year to test waveforms between the satellite and objects on the ground.
Eutelsat plans to add satellites to the ELO constellation to reach a total of 25 satellites operational by 2022 if the initiative proves successful.
Paris-based Eutelsat constituted about 5% of the 2017 revenue generated from C-band satellites over the continental United States.
Eutelsat left the C-Band Alliance on 2019-09-03.
Eutelsat ordered the Konnect VHTS half-terabit very-high-throughput satellite, which is scheduled to launch in 2021 and is planned to have the most powerful onboard digital processor ever put in orbit.