Eutelsat Activates Atlantic Bird 7

Eutelsat has activated commercial service on its Atlantic Bird 7 satellite at the seven degrees West orbital position.

Eutelsat transferred all of Atlantic Bird 4A’s television channels onto Atlantic Bird 7 on Oct. 23. More than 400 TV channels are now broadcasting via Atlantic Bird 7 to approximately 30 million homes located across the North African Atlantic coastline to the Gulf States.

SES Astra 1N Enters Commercial Service Over Europe

SES’ new Astra 1N satellite has entered commercial service at the orbital position of 28.2 degrees East.

The satellite was built by Astrium based on the Eurostar E3000 platform and is equipped with 52 transponders in the Ku frequency band. Arianespace successfully launched Astra 1N onboard an Ariane 5 rocket in August.