Hello altogether,
As
Eutelsat announced Hotbird 4 is supposed to be moved at 7W to provide free capacities for Nilesat. Therefore the satellite will be renamed into Nilesat 103.
A very interesting scenario since the next couple of months also Hotbird 7A+8 are supposed to be launched and placed at 13E which won't provide any Superbeams anymore. Thus the reception of TPS +
Sky Italia frequencies that are very difficult to receive in Eastern Europe and Middle East should become much better. On the other hand who knows how difficult will Nilesat 103 aka Hotbird 4 will be to get in many parts of Europe. Seems that this will be another Arabsat 2D (former known as Hotbird 5).