Eutelsat has announced the selection of EADS Astrium for the construction of his new satellite Hot Bird 9, which will be lanazado in the year 2008, in particular it is foreseen towards the third trimester.

Thus Eutelsat insures himself the continuity of the fleet of Hot Bird, born to beginnings of the decade of the 90s that with the time has turned into one of the warmest points of the satellite television for the big quantity of channels that offer themselves across 13th East.

Hot Bird 9 is the satellite number 14 entrusted by Eutelsat to EADS Astrium and it will have a capacity three times superior to that of the satellites Hot Bird of the previous generation. Also, it will express in a wide area of coverage, included Europe, North Africa and Middle East.


(05/05/06)