EUTELSAT 36B, a commercial communications satellite, was launched on a Proton M rocket with a Breeze M upper stage from Baikonur on 24 November 2009 at 14:19 UT. The satellite is intended for a geosynchronous orbit at 36 degrees E longitude and carries up to 70 Ku-band transponders. EUTELSAT 36B serves customers in Europe, Russia, Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia with digital broadcast and direct-to-home video.
Alternate Names
Eutelsat W7
Facts in Brief
Launch Date: 2009-11-24
Launch Vehicle: Proton-M
Launch Site: Tyuratam (Baikonur Cosmodrome), Kazakhstan