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The W3A satellite: Eutelsat's largest satellite EUTELSAT NEWS RELEASE Posted: March 14, 2004 W3A will be positioned in orbit at 7 degrees East which is currently occupied by Eutelsat's W3 satellite. In addition to enhancing the coverage of Europe provided through W3 and extending reach into sub-Saharan Africa, W3A will introduce innovative technologies to Eutelsat's 7 degrees East location including Skyplex on-board processing and Ka-band frequencies.
Combining Ku-band and Ka-band frequencies as well as Skyplex on-board processing, W3A is the largest satellite ever launched for Eutelsat. It is designed to serve Europe, the Middle East and North Africa through a highpower footprint optimised for direct-to-home pay-TV, video exchanges, VSAT networks and broadband services. Eutelsat's 7 degrees East location already serves a blue chip client base which includes the European Broadcasting Union, the Digiturk pay-TV platform which has 700,000 subscribers in Turkey, corporations and service providers such as Reuters, Hughes Network Systems and Volkswagen for international business networks. Eutelsat also operates consumer broadband services through its OPENSKY DVB/IP platform at 7 degrees East. Through a new Ku-band beam over sub-Saharan Africa, W3A will also strengthen and diversify Eutelsat's capacity for regional African communications and for connectivity between Africa and Europe for VSAT corporate networks, GSM trunking, broadband services, voice over IP, video contribution and distribution. W3A's full payload of 58 transponders (of which 50 can be simultaneously operated) is divided into four missions:
* W3, launched in 1999 with an expected performance of 14 years will continue in full commercial service at another orbital location. W3A vital statistics About Eutelsat |
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