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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Eutelsat plans to co-locate Eutelsat-7C with Eutelsat-7B at the 7 degrees east orbital slot.
Eutelsat has three satellites launching in 2019 that will provide new expansion capacity: Eutelsat-7C, Eutelsat Quantum, and Konnect.
Eutelsat is using leased satellite capacity to operate Konnect Africa prior to launching its own Konnect satellite.
Eutelsat’s Konnect satellite is scheduled to launch on an Ariane 5 rocket from French Guiana in December 2019.
Eutelsat ordered a first IoT satellite from Torino, Italy-based Tyvak International that will launch in 2019.
Eutelsat recorded a three percent revenue drop for the nine months ended 2019-03-31, totaling 985,000,000 EUR across its five operating verticals.
The cost of building and launching each Eutelsat IoT satellite is around 1,000,000 EUR.
Eutelsat has a replacement satellite, Eutelsat 5 West B, launching in summer 2019 to replace the 17-year-old Eutelsat 5 West A satellite.
Eutelsat has a 75-gigabit-per-second Ka-band satellite named Konnect built by Thales Alenia Space that is slated to launch on an Ariane 5 rocket at the end of the year.
Eutelsat has a Konnect VHTS satellite slated to launch in 2021 with half a terabit of Ka-band capacity.
The two Eutelsat Hotbird broadcast satellites that Airbus is building will use reflectors different from ArianeGroup’s newly developed version.
ArianeGroup received an order from Airbus Defence and Space for 10 reflector antennas for two Eutelsat Hotbird broadcast satellites that Airbus is building.
The new Hughes–Yahsat joint venture will use more than 65 gigabits per second of Ka-band capacity supplied from Yahsat’s Al Yah 3 satellite and Hughes’ leased payloads on Eutelsat’s 65 West A and Telesat’s Telstar-19 Vantage satellites.
ILS has one mission planned 2019: a Proton dual launch carrying the Eutelsat 5 West B communications satellite and Northrop Grumman’s Mission Extension Vehicle 1.
Eutelsat operates 37 satellites in geostationary orbit approximately 36,0 m above the Earth.
Eutelsat ordered a cubesat called ELO, or Eutelsat LEO for Objects, from Tyvak International in March 2018.
The proposed C-band spectrum sale could generate $40,000,000,000 for Intelsat, SES, Eutelsat, and Telesat.
Eutelsat signed a 15-year capacity contract from China Unicom worth 100,000,000 EUR for in-flight connectivity services that began payment in January.
Eutelsat divested Spanish fleet operator Hispasat for 302,000,000 EUR.
Eutelsat is preparing for the launch of a dedicated Konnect satellite being built by Thales Alenia Space for a launch on an Ariane 5 rocket in the second half of 2019.