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EUTELSAT HOTBIRD 13C
European Hot Bird Direct-Broadcast Television · Eutelsat
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One of the most-watched satellites in the world — the Hot Bird position at 13°E is Europe's premier satellite television neighborhood, where over 120 million European homes point their dishes to receive 1,100+ channels from 50 countries. Hot Bird 13C is one of three satellites filling this critical orbital slot, providing the Ku-band capacity that distributes the major European television networks from BBC to RAI to ARD. The 13°E position is why 'satellite dish' and 'pointing at a fixed spot in the sky' are synonymous for most European consumers.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,232–22,252 mi (35,779–35,811 km)
- Inclination
- 3.2°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 33459
- Int’l designator
- 2008-065A
- Launched
- 2008
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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