Atlantic Bird

Atlantic Bird was a series of satellites operated by Eutelsat over the Atlantic Ocean. In 2012 the series was merged into Eutelsat's main fleet as part of the company's rebranding.

Two of the original three satellites replaced the France Telecom Telecom 2 satellites which Eutelsat had acquired in 1999. Five satellites were in operation as of 2006:

Atlantic Bird 1, operating at 12.5°W
Atlantic Bird 2, operating at 8°W (Replaced Telecom 2A)
Atlantic Bird 3, a Spacebus 3000B3, operating at 5°W (Replaced Telecom 2C)
Atlantic Bird 4, operated at 7°W (Formerly Hot Bird 4, also known as Nilesat 103)
Atlantic Bird 7, operating at 7°W

Eutelsat satellites

Post-2012 designations

East	3B 7A 7B 9B 10A 16A 16C 21B 25B 31A 33C 33E 36B 36C 48A 48D 70B 70C 172A

West	5WA 7WA 8WB 12WB 36WA 65WA 113WA 115WB 117WA 117WB

Hot Bird	13B 13C 13E

Other	KA-SAT SESAT-2 Telstar 12

Pre-2012 designations

Main brand

Eutelsat I	ECS-1 ECS-2 ECS-3 ECS-4 ECS-5

Eutelsat II	F-1 F-2 F-3 F-4 F-5

W Series	W1 W2 W2A W2M W3 W3A W3B W3C W3D W4 W5 W5A W6 W6A W7 W48 W75

Hot Bird

Atlantic Bird

Eurobird

Other

e-Bird
Eutelsat 3A
Eutelsat 3B
Eutelsat 3C
KA-SAT
SESAT-1
SESAT-2
Telstar 12

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