Eutelsat-7C was built by Maxar and launched in June on an Ariane 5 rocket.
Eutelsat transferred customers from Eutelsat-7A to Eutelsat-7C overnight from 2020-01-27 into 2020-01-28.
The 3,400-kilogram Eutelsat-7C satellite was built by Maxar Technologies.
Eutelsat-7C replaces capacity from Eutelsat-7A and expands coverage at 7 degrees east by 19 transponders.
Eutelsat-7C will take close to four months to climb from a geostationary transfer orbit to the geostationary arc 36,0 m above Earth.
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.