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Hot Bird 6
Atlas V 401 · Communications
2002Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral
Mission
Eutelsat 8 West C, known as Hot Bird 6 prior to 2012 and Hot Bird 13A from 2012 to 2013, is a French communications satellite. Operated by Eutelsat, it provides direct to home broadcasting services from geostationary orbit.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- Lockheed Martin
- Rocket
- Atlas V 401
- Orbit
- GTO
- Pad
- Space Launch Complex 41
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2