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Eutelsat’s HOT BIRD 8 broadcast satellite was brought into full commercial service this week with the complete transfer in the night of October 2 to 3 of all broadcast traffic from HOT BIRD 3 to the Group’s newest satellite. The transfer took place seamlessly with no interruption of service for broadcast clients. With the entry into service of HOT BIRD 8, which comes five months after HOT BIRD 7A, the Group has met an objective to provide customers with extensive redundancy across a constellation of copositioned satellites at 13 degrees East.

Released from its mission at 13 degrees East, HOT BIRD 3 has begun transfer operations for its relocation to 10 degrees East. Copositioned with Eutelsat’s W1 satellite, it is scheduled to begin service later in October at 10 degrees East under the new name of EUROBIRD 10.
In the night of October 3 to 4 HOT BIRD 3/EUROBIRD 10 experienced an anomaly at the end of the eclipse period which has resulted in substantial damage to a solar array and subsequent loss of satellite power. Eutelsat, together with the satellite’s manufacturer, EADS Astrium are pursuing investigations into the cause of the anomaly. This incident does not impact on procedures for the satellite’s transfer to 10 degrees East, which continue unchanged although the satellite will operate a lower number of transponders than foreseen.

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To view the launch broadcast highlights, click here.

To view the launch: Download. (mpg, 9.75mb)

-- Edited by Blobrana at 13:20, 2006-08-05

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A Proton Breeze M launch vehicle successfully placed the HOT BIRD 8 satellite into orbit today, for the fourth launch of the year for International Launch Services (ILS).

The launcher lifted off at 3:48 a.m. Saturday local time (21:48 Friday GMT, 5:48 p.m. Friday EDT). The mission lasted 9 hours and 11 minutes before HOT BIRD 8 was released into a geosynchronous transfer orbit. The satellite is a Eurostar E3000 model built for Eutelsat by EADS Space. From its final orbital position of 13 degrees East longitude, HOT BIRD 8 will serve customers in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.
This was Eutelsat's second launch on an ILS Proton vehicle, following six on ILS's other vehicle, the American Atlas launcher. ILS is a joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Russian rocket builder Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Centre. ILS markets and manages the missions on the Atlas and Proton vehicles for commercial satellite customers worldwide.

"We appreciate the continued confidence Eutelsat has shown Proton" - ILS President Mark Albrecht. He noted that the launch campaign proceeded smoothly, on schedule, after the spacecraft arrived at the Baikonur launch site July 6.

"Today's successful launch was made possible through the exceptional levels of commitment by ILS and Khrunichev to the Proton launch vehicle. Our HOT BIRD 8 broadcast satellite is now well on course to its final destination at our prime video neighbourhood at 13 degrees East, and we look forward to bringing it into commercial service in October" - Eutelsat CEO Giuliano Berretta.

"ILS is now on track to complete six launches in 2006 - we have seen two each for Proton Breeze M and Atlas V, and have two more planned for Proton. The Russian government plans a total of three Proton launches this year, so with seven missions Proton remains the workhorse of the industry. Additionally, the Atlas V is scheduled to fly with its first U.S. Air Force EELV mission late in the year. This complementary mix of 10 government and commercial missions ensure a good launch tempo that benefits all customers" - Mark Albrecht.

ILS was formed in 1995, and is based in McLean, Va., a suburb of Washington, D.C. Lockheed Martin, headquartered in Bethesda, Md., employs about 135,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services. The corporation reported 2005 sales of $37.2 billion.

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The HOT BIRD™ 8 broadcast satellite of Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) was successfully launched today by a Proton Breeze M launch vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 03.48 am Baikonur time August 5 (23.48 CET August 4; 21.48 GMT August 4). Weighing in on the launch pad at 4.9 tonnes, HOT BIRD™ 8 is the largest and most powerful European Ku-band broadcast satellite to go into geostationary orbit.
In less than 10 minutes after lift-off, the three-stage Proton vehicle supplied by International Launch Services (ILS) finished its climb into space, leaving the Breeze M upper stage to continue its mission for the next nine hours. The Breeze M's engine underwent five burns to place the EADS Space-built satellite into a transfer orbit. The satellite was separated this morning from the Proton launch vehicle at 06.59 GMT with signal acquisition established by Eutelsat from its Rambouillet teleport near Paris . Manoeuvres that will be conducted over the next days include full circularisation of the satellite's orbit and deployment of the solar panels and antenna reflectors, which will be followed by a series of in-orbit tests.

"Equipped with a payload which spans the entire range of frequencies at our 13 degrees East position, HOT BIRD™ 8 takes our inter-satellite back-up to a new level of security. We are looking forward to bringing our new broadcast satellite into commercial service in October, less than six months since HOT BIRD™ 7A went live at 13 degrees East. My particular thanks also go to our industrial partners, EADS Space for completing this important satellite programme and ILS for executing a faultless launch for our company" - Giuliano Berretta, Eutelsat Communications CEO.

HOT BIRD™ 8 will assume all broadcast traffic currently carried by the 20-transponder HOT BIRD™ 3 which will subsequently continue commercial service at an alternative location. The new satellite's additional capacity will contribute to raising in-orbit security at Eutelsat's HOT BIRD™ video neighbourhood which broadcasts 950 digital channels to over 110 million cable and satellite homes across Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.

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The Proton M Breeze M successfully lifted off with Eutelsat's HOT BIRD 8 in Baikonur today at 21:48, GMT. Stay tuned for photos and additional information on the 9-hour mission. Spacecraft separation is estimated to occur at approximately 06:59, GMT.

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At T plus 9 hours the spacecraft will separate from the carrier rocket.

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All systems nominal.
Second stage separation at T+5mins.

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