Eutelsat 8 West B is a geostationary communications satellite.
Operated by Eutelsat, it provides direct-to-home (DTH) broadcasting services from geostationary orbit.
The satellite is part of Eutelsat's constellation at a longitude of 13° East.
Eutelsat announced the order of a new Spacebus-4000C3 satellite bus from Thales Alenia Space in October 2012.
Satellite description
Eutelsat 8 West B is a  satellite with a design life of 15 years.
It is equipped with an S400-12 apogee motor which was used for initial orbit-raising manoeuvres and an S10-18 engine for station keeping burns.
The spacecraft has 10 C-band and 40 Ku-band transponders.
Launch
Eutelsat 8 West B was launched on the Ariane 5ECA launch vehiclen from Centre Spatial Guyanais at the Kourou in French Guiana.
Liftoff occurred at 20:34:08 UTC on 20 August 2015, with the launch vehicle successfully injecting its payload into geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO).
The launch was conducted by Arianespace.
Mission
Following launch, the satellite Eutelsat 8 West B used its apogee motor to raise itself into geostationary orbit, positioning itself at a longitude of 13° East.
Capacity leased by Nilesat is marketed as Nilesat 104B.
References
External links
TrackSat
Information about this satellite
