Fisty McB
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Looking through the following page on Eutelsat's plans for future birds, 8 West B...
http://www.eutelsat.com/en/satellites/future-satellites/launch-schedule/EUTELSAT-8WB.html
...they have a brochure here outlining expected footprints...
http://www.eutelsat.com/files/contributed/news/media_library/brochures/EUTELSAT_SATELLITE_E8WB.pdf
...what catches my eye is a C Band footprint for Europe for two reasons.
(1) It's pretty uncommon these days to see a C-Band footprint nowadays dedicated to Europe from a reasonably "overhead" position, normally they're 'zone' beams on western or eastern sky fringes.
(2) Look at the predicted power levels!
http://www.eutelsat.com/en/satellites/future-satellites/launch-schedule/EUTELSAT-8WB.html
...they have a brochure here outlining expected footprints...
http://www.eutelsat.com/files/contributed/news/media_library/brochures/EUTELSAT_SATELLITE_E8WB.pdf
...what catches my eye is a C Band footprint for Europe for two reasons.
(1) It's pretty uncommon these days to see a C-Band footprint nowadays dedicated to Europe from a reasonably "overhead" position, normally they're 'zone' beams on western or eastern sky fringes.
(2) Look at the predicted power levels!