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Feb 16^th, 2012 at 9:34am

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Eutelsat NEW Satellite names 01-03-2012

Eutelsat is unifying the names of its satellites with the Eutelsat brand. As of March 1st 2012 the Group�s satellites will all take the Eutelsat name, with the relevant figure for their orbital position and a letter indicating their order of arrival at that position. This logical pattern will enable our user community to immediately identify where a satellite is located and its chronology at the neighbourhood it occupies.

Current in-orbit satellites will be renamed as follows: W6 at 21.5� East, for example, will become EUTELSAT 21A. The future W6A satellite will become EUTELSAT 21B. To ensure clarity, satellites at Eutelsat�s four West positions will include West in their name. For example, ATLANTIC BIRD� 2 will become EUTELSAT 8 West A.

Eutelsat�s HOT BIRD� brand, which over 20 years has acquired an established reputation in the satellite TV industry, will be retained and associated with the Eutelsat brand and numbering system. For example, HOT BIRD� 6 will become EUTELSAT HOT BIRD 13A.

Eutelsat satellite fleet: https://www.eutelsat.com/

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Reply #1 - Feb 17^th, 2012 at 8:21pm

I've not updated the Eutelsat names as I am a bit concerned that the new names lose the identity of the satellite so we have no idea what its characteristics are or what beams it has.
I have just calculated the positions of 401 geostationary satellites as below. �Note they are all calculated positions and I may have some wrong.

The satellite names in the left column comprise the launch year, launch number and letter for each payload launched on that occasion.

e.g.
06 means 2006
99 means 1999

023 means 23rd launch in that year.
039 means 39th launch that year.

A means first or only satellite on that launch.
B means second satellite on that launch (dual or more �payload)

Example as of 16 Feb 2012 (edited later to make short)

Name � �� �Common name � � � �� � � � � � � � � ��Orbit � � �inc
06023A � � �GALAXY-16-(G-16) � � � � � � � � � �-99.0 � � �0.0
08039A � � �INMARSAT-4-F3 � � � � � � � � �� � �-97.6 � � �3.0
08045A � � �GALAXY-19-(G-19) � � � � � � � � � �-97.0 � � �0.0
09034A � � �SIRIUS-FM-5 � � � � � � � � � �� � �-95.9 � � �0.0
02030A � � �GALAXY-3C-(G-3C) � � � � � � � � � �-95.0 � � �0.0
etc etc etc

For a current list of satellites go to:
https://www.satsig.net/sslist.htm

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Reply #2 - Aug 16^th, 2016 at 10:48am

16 Aug 2016:
I've just been recalculating satellite orbit positions and noted that several of the Eutelsat satellites appear to have the wrong names. Does anyone know better ?

Correct� �Common name� �� orbit� �inc. identity 09016A� EUTELSAT 10A� �� 10.0� �0.1 06020A� EUTELSAT 113 WEST A� �� -113.0� �0.1 15010B� EUTELSAT 115 WEST B� �� -114.9� �0.0 13012A� EUTELSAT 117 WEST A� �� -116.8� �0.0 02040A� EUTELSAT 12 WEST A� �� -36.0� �0.1 11057A� EUTELSAT 16A� �� 16.0� �0.1 00019A� EUTELSAT 16C� �� 14.5� �3.7 05052A� EUTELSAT 172A (GE-23)� �� 172.0� �0.1 12062B� EUTELSAT 21B� �� 21.6� �0.1 13044A� EUTELSAT 25B� �� 25.5� �0.0 03043A� EUTELSAT 33A� �� 30.9� �1.8 01011A� EUTELSAT 33C� �� 33.1� �0.1 02038A� EUTELSAT 33D� �� 45.2� �0.1 00028A� EUTELSAT 36A� �� 88.6� �0.4 09065A� EUTELSAT 36B� �� 35.9� �0.1 14030A� EUTELSAT 3B� �� 3.1� �0.1 96067A� EUTELSAT 48A� �� 48.3� �5.8 08065B� EUTELSAT 48D� �� 48.1� �0.1 02035A� EUTELSAT 5 WEST A� �� -5.0� �0.0 16014A� EUTELSAT 65 WEST A� �� -65.1� �0.0 11051A� EUTELSAT 7 WEST A� �� -7.3� �0.1 12069A� EUTELSAT 70B� �� 70.5� �0.1 04008A� EUTELSAT 7A� �� 7.0� �0.1 13022A� EUTELSAT 7B� �� 7.0� �0.0 01042A� EUTELSAT 8 WEST A� �� -12.5� �0.1 15039B� EUTELSAT 8 WEST B� �� -8.0� �0.1 16005A� EUTELSAT 9B� �� 9.0� �0.1 06032A� EUTELSAT HOT BIRD 13B� �� 13.0� �0.1 08065A� EUTELSAT HOT BIRD 13C� �� 13.0� �0.1 09008B� EUTELSAT HOT BIRD 13D� �� 33.1� �0.1 06007B� EUTELSAT HOT BIRD 13E� �� 13.0� �0.0 10069A� EUTELSAT KA-SAT 9A� �� 9.0� �0.0

Best regards, Eric.

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