Tags: Artificialsatellite, Satellite.
Hot Bird 13D previously known as Hot Bird 10 Atlantic Bird 4A Eutelsat 3B and Nilesat 104 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 13D was constructed by Astrium and is based on the Eurostar-3000 satellite bus. It has a mass of 4892 kilograms (10785 lb) and is expected to operate for 15 years.