Comparison of the Eutelsat 2F series satellites

Eutelsat 2F6 was redesignated at Hotbird 1. Details can be found on the Hotbird chart.

Satellite:	2 F 1	2 F 2	2 F 3	2 F 4	2 F 5
.	.	.	.	.	.(note 1)
Launch	30 / 8 / 1990	15 / 1 / 1991	7 / 12 / 1991	9 / 7 / 1992	24 / 1 / 1994
Launch Location	Kourou	Kourou	Cape Canaveral	Kourou	Kourou
Launch Mass (kg)	1870	1870	1870	1870	1870
Expected Lifetime (years)	10	10	10	10	10
Power Consumption (watts)	3000	3000	3000	3000	3000
Transponder Capacity at launch	16 (+8 spare)	16 (+8 spare)	16 (+8 spare)	16 (+8 spare)	16 (+8 spare)
TWTA Output (watts)	50	50	50	50	50
Transponder Bandwidth (MHz)	7 @ 72 Mhz 9 @ 36 Mhz	7 @ 72 Mhz 9 @ 36 Mhz	7 @ 72 Mhz 9 @ 36 Mhz	7 @ 72 Mhz 9 @ 36 Mhz	7 @ 72 Mhz 9 @ 36 Mhz
Channels (MHz)	10950 - 11200 11450 - 11700 12500 - 12750	10950 - 11200 11450 - 11700 12500 - 12750	10950 - 11200 11450 - 11700 12500 - 12750	10950 - 11200 11450 - 11700 12500 - 12750	10950 - 11200 11450 - 11700 12500 - 12750
Current Location	junk orbit	junk orbit	junk orbit	junk orbit	was to be 36°E
Possible Decommission Date	(note 2)	(note 3)	(note 4)	(note 5)	destroyed 24 / 1 / 1994
Manufacturer / Spacecraft type	Aerospatiele SpaceBus 2000	Aerospatiele SpaceBus 2000	Aerospatiele SpaceBus 2000	Aerospatiele SpaceBus 2000	Aerospatiele SpaceBus 2000
Stabilisation type	3 axis	3 axis	3 axis	3 axis	3 axis

1 destroyed during lift off by malfunction of Ariane V 63 launch vehicle third stage. (The explosion also destroyed Turksat 1A).

2 2F1 taken out of service October 2003, and sent to junk orbit after service at 76E

3 2F2 operating in inclined orbit at 48E, and must be close to junking. Inclination was 4.8 degrees in April 2005. She was junked November 2005.....

4 2F3 moved to 22E end November 2004 when Eutelsat W3 moved from 48E to 21.5E Removed from service January 2005 and sent to junk orbit.

5 2F4 decommissioned and sent to junk orbit December 2003. It had been operating at 12W

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