SUMMARY CHARACTERISTICS OF THE W SATELLITES

TABLE OF CONTENTS
THE W SATELLITES
The W Satellites
THE W SATELLITES ..........................................................................................................................................................4
INTRODUCTION.....................................................................................................................................................................4
COMMUNICATIONS FEATURES...........................................................................................................................................5
W1 .....................................................................................................................................................................................5
W2 .....................................................................................................................................................................................7
W3 .....................................................................................................................................................................................7
W3A...................................................................................................................................................................................7
W4 .....................................................................................................................................................................................9
W5 .....................................................................................................................................................................................9
BEACONS.............................................................................................................................................................................11
SATELLITE IMPLEMENTATION..........................................................................................................................................12
TABLE OF FIGURES
FIGURE 1. EUTELSAT W1 FREQUENCY PLAN (FREQUENCIES IN MHZ)......................................................................15
FIGURE 2 . ILLUSTRATION OF W1 RECEIVE COVERAGE (10° EAST )...............................................................................16
FIGURE 3. ILLUSTRATION OF W1 TRANSMIT COVERAGE (10° EAST ).............................................................................17
FIGURE 4 . ILLUSTRATION OF W1 RECEIVE STEERABLE COVERAGE (10° EAST )..........................................................18
FIGURE 5 . ILLUSTRATION OF W1 TRANSMIT STEERABLE COVERAGE (10° EAST ).......................................................19
FIGURE 6 . EUTELSAT W2 FREQUENCY PLAN (FREQUENCIES IN MHZ).....................................................................20
FIGURE 7 . ILLUSTRATION OF W2 RECEIVE COVERAGE (16° EAST )...............................................................................21
FIGURE 8 . ILLUSTRATION OF W2 TRANSMIT COVERAGE (16° EAST )............................................................................22
FIGURE 9 . ILLUSTRATION OF W2 STEERABLE SPOT RECEIVE COVERAGE (16° EAST )................................................23
FIGURE 10 . ILLUSTRATION OF W2 STEERABLE SPOT TRANSMIT COVERAGE (16° EAST ) ..........................................24
FIGURE 11 . EUTELSAT W3 FREQUENCY PLAN (FREQUENCIES IN MHZ)...................................................................25
FIGURE 12 . ILLUSTRATION OF W3 RECEIVE COVERAGE (7° EAST ) ...............................................................................26
FIGURE 13 . ILLUSTRATION OF W3 TRANSMIT COVERAGE (7° EAST )............................................................................27
FIGURE 14 . ILLUSTRATION OF W3 STEERABLE SPOT RECEIVE COVERAGE (7° EAST )................................................28
FIGURE 15. ILLUSTRATION OF W3 STEERABLE SPOT TRANSMIT COVERAGE (7° EAST )..............................................29
FIGURE 16. EUTELSAT W3A FREQUENCY PLAN (FREQUENCIES IN MHZ) ................................................................30
FIGURE 17. THE EXPECTED UPLINK EUROPEAN A SERVICE AREA OF W3A AT 7° EAST (EQUIVALENT TO THE W3
UPLINK PERFORMANCE)...............................................................................................................................................31
FIGURE 18. THE EXPECTED DOWNLINK EUROPEAN A SERVICE AREA OF W3A AT 7° EAST (EQUIVALENT TO THE
W3 DOWNLINK PERFORMANCE).................................................................................................................................32
FIGURE 19. THE EXPECTED EUROPEAN B SERVICE AREA OF W3A AT 7° EAST ............................................................33
FIGURE 20 THE EXPECTED EUROPEAN C SERVICE AREA ON THE UPLINK OF CHANNELS A OF W3A AT 7° EAST ...34
FIGURE 21. THE EXPECTED EUROPEAN C SERVICE AREA ON THE DOWNLINK OF CHANNELS J OF W3A AT 7° EAST .
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FIGURE 22. THE EXPECTED EUROPEAN C SERVICE AREA ON THE UPLINK OF CHANNELS H OF W3A AT 7° EAST .36
FIGURE 23. THE EXPECTED AFRICAN SERVICE AREA OF W3A AT 7° EAST . .................................................................37
FIGURE 24 . EUTELSAT W4 FREQUENCY PLAN – “RUSSIAN” CHANNELS (FREQUENCIES IN MHZ)......................38
FIGURE 25 . EUTELSAT W4 FREQUENCY PLAN – “AFRICAN/STEERABLE” CHANNELS (FREQUENCIES IN MHZ)39
FIGURE 26 . ILLUSTRATION OF W4 RUSSIAN RECEIVE COVERAGE (36° EAST )............................................................40
FIGURE 27 . ILLUSTRATION OF W4 RUSSIAN TRANSMIT COVERAGE (36° EAST ).........................................................41
FIGURE 28 . ILLUSTRATION OF W4 AFRICAN RECEIVE COVERAGE (36° EAST )............................................................42
FIGURE 29 . ILLUSTRATION OF W4 AFRICAN TRANSMIT COVERAGE, CHANNELS 30 TO 36 (36° EAST )..................43
FIGURE 30 . ILLUSTRATION OF W4 AFRICAN TRANSMIT COVERAGE, CHANNELS 38 AND 40 (36° EAST ) ...............44
FIGURE 31 . ILLUSTRATION OF W4 TRANSMIT STEERABLE COVERAGE (36° EAST )....................................................45
FIGURE 32 . EUTELSAT W5 FREQUENCY PLAN (FREQUENCIES IN MHZ)...................................................................46
FIGURE 33. ILLUSTRATION OF W5 RECEIVE COVERAGE (70.5 E)...................................................................................47