Eurobird is the name for a set of satellites owned by Eutelsat

Eutelsat

Eutelsat S.A. is a French-based satellite provider. Providing coverage over the entire European continent, as well as the Middle East, Africa, India and significant parts of Asia and the Americas, it is one of the world's three leading satellite operators in terms of revenues.Eutelsat’s satellites...

. The Eurobird satellites provide broadcasting and telecommunication services primarily to the Western and Central European region from orbital positions of 28.5, 25.5 and 33 degrees East.

Eurobirds in operation :

• Eurobird 1
  Eurobird 1
  Eurobird 1 is a Eutelsat operated Eurobird satellite, used primarily for digital television. It is located at 28.5° east in the Clarke Belt, just within the range of most satellite dishes pointed at SES Astra's Astra 2A, 2B and 2D at 28.2° east...
  
  , located at 28.5° East, positioned close to SES Astra
  SES Astra
  Astra is the name for the geostationary communication satellites, both individually and as a group, which are owned and operated by SES S.A., a global satellite operator based in Betzdorf, in eastern Luxembourg. The name is sometimes also used to describe the channels broadcasting from these...
  
  's Astra 28.2°E
  Astra 28.2°E
  Astra 28.2°E is the name for the group of Astra communications satellites co-located at the 28.2° East position in the Clarke Belt that are owned and operated by SES based in Betzdorf, Luxembourg...
  
   satellites, and carries free-to-air
  Free-to-air
  Free-to-air describes television and radio services broadcast in clear form, allowing any person with the appropriate receiving equipment to receive the signal and view or listen to the content without requiring a subscription or one-off fee...
  
   and Sky Digital television.
• Eurobird 2, located at 25.5° East, was formerly Hot Bird
  Hot Bird
  Hot Bird is the name of a popular family of satellites operated by Eutelsat, located at 13°E over the Equator and with a transmitting footprint over Europe, North Africa and the Middle East....
  
   5 at 13° East. It is more commonly referred to as Arabsat 2D, and carries mostly free-to-air
  Free-to-air
  Free-to-air describes television and radio services broadcast in clear form, allowing any person with the appropriate receiving equipment to receive the signal and view or listen to the content without requiring a subscription or one-off fee...
  
   television.
• Eurobird 3
  Eurobird 3
  Eurobird 3 is a communications satellite that offers capacity for broadband and broadcast services in Europe. It is owned by Eutelsat....
  
  , located at 33° East, mainly used for satellite internet access.
• Eurobird 4A
  Eurobird 4A
  Eurobird 4A, previously Eutelsat W1 is a French communications satellite which is operated by Eutelsat. It was constructed by Astrium is based on the Eutostar-2000+ satellite bus. Its launch was contracted by Arianespace, using an Ariane 4 44P-3 carrier rocket...
  
  , located at 4° East since June 2009.
• Eurobird 9A, located at 9º East, carries the German KabelKiosk package, the Russian Platform HD
  Platform HD
  Platforma HD is a Russian operator of satellite TV which broadcasts a package of HD-quality channels over the European territory of Russia...
  
   package, and Armed Forces Network Europe .

Pending investigation of damage caused to the craft, the retired Hot Bird

Hot Bird

Hot Bird is the name of a popular family of satellites operated by Eutelsat, located at 13°E over the Equator and with a transmitting footprint over Europe, North Africa and the Middle East....

 3 will become Eurobird 10, positioned at 10E alongside Eutelsat W1

W Series

The W series satellites are six satellites operated by Eutelsat which provide various coverage and bandwidth options for consumer and business services in Europe, Asia and Africa...

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List of providers

Name	Location	Website
Eutelsat	France	www.eutelsat.com
Globecast	France	www.globecast.com
Wide Network Solutions	United Kingdom	www.widenetworks.net
SKY Italia	Italy	www.sky.it
Arqiva	United Kingdom	www.arqiva.com