Hotbirds 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 (all renamed and repositioned) | |
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My System: Sky UK. FTA analogue & digital satellite from 5 fixed dishes (5E/7E/9E/13E/16E /19E/23E/28E) Pace MSS100, Echostar IP3000VA, Technomate TM-1000D, Dreambox 7020S ![]() The last noble sat warrior to fly the olden flag of Analogue | Hotbirds 2 - 5 were identical craft operating at 13E. They had a wide beam and a superbeam which covered western Europe. All four have been withdrawn from 13E, given new missions elsewhere around the arc and renamed: Hotbird 2 is now Eurobird 9 at 9E Hotbird 3 is now Eurobird 4 at 4E Hotbird 4 is now Atlantic Bird 4 at 7W Hotbird 5 is now Eurobird 2 at 25.5E
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