Geostationary
EUTELSAT 33F
African / Middle Eastern C-band Communications · Eutelsat
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A Eutelsat satellite at 33°E providing C-band coverage across Africa and the Middle East. The 33°E position covers the entire African continent with C-band signals reaching the smallest and most affordable ground terminals — important in markets where dish cost and size matters for accessibility. African broadcasters, telecommunications operators, and governments depend on the 33°E position for wide-area communications across the world's second-largest continent.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,233–22,251 mi (35,780–35,809 km)
- Inclination
- 1.9°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 29270
- Int’l designator
- 2006-032A
- Launched
- 2006
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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