Tags: Artificialsatellite, Satellite.
Hot Bird 13B known as Hot Bird 8 prior to 2012 is a French communications satellite. Operated by Eutelsat it provides direct to home broadcasting services from geostationary orbit as part of Eutelsat’s Hot Bird Hot Bird constellation at a longitude of 13 degrees east.Hot Bird 13B was constructed by Astrium and is based on the Eurostar-3000 satellite bus. It has a mass of 4875 kilograms (10748 lb) and is expected to operate for 15 years.