Mission type Communications COSPAR ID 2000-019A Mission duration 10 years Launch mass 2,600 kg Launch site Baikonur Cosmodrome | Operator Eutelsat SATCAT no. 26243 Max speed 11,050 km/h Launch date 17 April 2000 Bus KAUR | |
Names SESAT-1 (2000-12)
Eutelsat 16C (2012—) Manufacturers Alcatel Alenia Space, Information Satellite Systems Reshetnev Similar Ekspress AM22, Eutelsat 31A, Eutelsat 36A, Eutelsat 33C, Astra 2A | ||
Eutelsat 16C (formerly SESAT 1) is a satellite operated by Eutelsat, originally the first of a series of SESAT (Siberia - Europe SATellite) satellites. It provides a wide range of telecommunications services over a very large geographical coverage area that extends from the Atlantic Ocean to Eastern Russia, including a large part of Siberia. The satellites also provide broadcasting services to Africa by means of steerable spotbeams.
On 29 January 2010, the satellite moved to 16° E to take over some services from the malfunctioning W2 satellite.
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