Due to launch 4th qtr 2022
2 New Electric Drive Satellites for Eutelsat:-
Hot Bird 13F 13°E to launch 14th October 2022
Estimated to reach geostationary orbit January 2023
Hot Bird 13G November 2022,
Hotbird's 13B/13C/13E will be relocated to new positions that will be announced after the successful
launch of the new satellites.
Electric drive satellites take longer to reach their orbit position for example Eutelsat 7C an Electric drive satellite launched 20th June 2019 eventually reached geostationary orbit by September 2019.
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