Hotbird 13 east Eutelsat uses less capacity now than 3 years ago

[william-1]

13 transponders shut down recently @ 13 east
95 active transponders,

Hotbird 13B 64 transponders available
Hotbird 13C 64 transponders available
Hotbird 13E 38 transponders available only 3 active
166 transponders minus possible redundant transponders leaves approximately 150 transponders available.

Hotbird 13F 80 transponders will launch 30 September 2021
Hotbird 13G 80 transponders will launch 2nd Qtr 2022

 

[Analoguesat]

Potentially 2 tp would be immediately utilised for the Eumetcast data service should Eute 10A fail in service as 13E is now the fail over emergency recovery broadcast backup for the service.

 

[jeallen01]

Just "curious" - any idea of why, in general, have these transponders (and some of those on 19E) shut down??

 

[Analoguesat]

Major broadcasters swapping from DVB-S to DVB-S2 which has better spectral efficiency for starters.

 

[jeallen01]

Major broadcasters swapping from DVB-S to DVB-S2 which has better spectral efficiency for starters.

Interesting - Thx!

 

[Stevenvc19]

A lot of spare space for UHD Content (4K or even 8K) to be broadcasted!

 

[solly]

i belive 13f will after launch more coverage transponder public q3 this year

 

[solly]

2023
NET Q2 - TBD - Ariane 64 [inaugural flight] - Kourou ELA-4
NET Q2 - Eutelsat Hotbird 13G - Ariane 64 - Kourou ELA-4
NET Q2 - Eutelsat Hotbird 13F - Ariane 64 - Kourou ELA-4

 

[mianabid]

so again launch rescheduled

what if current satellites stop functioning what would the back up

 

[solly]

it delay from q1 2023 to q2 2023

 

[solly]

eutelsat 13f build satellite

 

[william-1]

5 more transponders moved from DTH to Data streams leaving 90 broadcasting DTH via satellite from 13°east.

 

[solly]

yep is move data transponder also new hotbird
it was same old tp 3 of sky italy

 

[mianabid]

why they are so lazy to launch new satellites , what if anyone from current fleet gets failed as they already met their life

 

[ozumo]

why they are so lazy to launch new satellites , what if anyone from current fleet gets failed as they already met their life

Because excess backup capacity, that probably won't be needed, would be expensive and in the end it'll be consumers that have to pay for it. There's already spare capacity across the fleet if needed.

 

[solly]

hotbird 13g trest facility will be launch arinespace 64

 

[mianabid]

is there any change in footprints

 

[italy2006]

it seems people in middle east countries like iran will not receive the signal of new hotbird and 13 degree east will e same as eutelsat 16 with restricted beam.

 

[mianabid]

it seems people in middle east countries like iran will not receive the signal of new hotbird and 13 degree east will e same as eutelsat 16 with restricted beam.

but i guess there is no change in beams as per current available information and as per new technology signals seems will be more powerful in middle east and iran

 

[Fisty McB]

is there any change in footprints

There will at best likely be some slight changes at the footprint extremities (for better or worse), as is the case with the current Hot Bird constellation at 13E, but the cold truth is that right now there is no public knowledge what the planned footprints are for the HB13F & HB13G and there won't be any until (a) Eutelsat publish them themselves, or (b) some sort of official looking "leak" is published (unlikely). And once the satellite(s) is/are in orbit and testing, real world reception reports will give a more nuanced answer.