7° East

The 7° East neighbourhood is a key orbital position for regional TV channels and one of Eutelsat’s fastest-growing video neighbourhoods. Nearly 400 TV channels already broadcast from 7° East, which serves anchor clients including Azam TV.

The orbital position has seen important growth in the Middle East with over 5 million homes, and is a growing neighbourhood for Farsi-speaking audiences. Located just 6° from EMEA's premium HOTBIRD neighbourhood at 13° East,viewers can receive programmes from both 7° East and 13° East with a simple dual-feed antenna. 7° East is also a key pay-TV neighbourhood for Eastern Africa with some of the fastest growth rates in the region.

In 2020, the innovative new EUTELSAT KONNECT satellite joined the 7° East location. EUTELSAT KONNECT is a high-capacity broadband satellite which delivers significant resources for broadband services across Europe and Africa and setting a new benchmark for flexibility in High Throughput Satellites.

LAUNCHED: 14/05/2013

CONSTRUCTOR: Thales Alenia Space

LAUNCHER: Proton Breeze M

EUTELSAT 7B is co-located with the EUTELSAT 7C satellite at this new orbital hotspot for customers in South-East Europe, the Middle East, Sub-Saharan Africa and the Indian Ocean.

These additional resources at 7° East have increased in-orbit security, while the very high power available on EUTELSAT 7B makes it particularly suitable for Direct-to-Home (DTH) applications.

EUTELSAT 7B features five coverage zones: one high-power beam over Europe; two beams serving Europe, North Africa and the Middle East; and two beams covering Sub-Saharan Africa and the Indian Ocean.

LAUNCH: 20/06/2019

CONSTRUCTION: Maxar Technologies

LAUNCHER: Ariane 5

EUTELSAT 7C is a high-power broadcast satellite for markets in Africa, Europe and the Middle East. It is co-positioned with EUTELSAT 7B at 7° East. This improved two-satellite constellation with enhanced coverage flexibility and connectivity will take the 7° East neighbourhood to a new level.

By significantly increasing capacity over Sub-Saharan Africa, EUTELSAT 7C can accomodate several hundred additional digital channels, to support the region’s fast expanding TV market. It is also equipped with a beam providing enhanced capacity for government services over Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia, as well as a steerable beam that can cover any region visible from 7° East.

Manufactured by Maxar Technologies, and launched in 2019, EUTELSAT 7C is equipped with 49 36 MHz-equivalent Ku-band transponders.

LAUNCH: 16/01/2020

CONSTRUCTION: Thales Alenia Space

EUTELSAT KONNECT is a High Throughput Satellite offering unprecedented operational flexibility.

Delivering significant resources for broadband services across Africa, EUTELSAT KONNECT has set a new benchmark for flexibility in High Throughput Satellites.

Providing 75 Gbps of capacity across a network of 65 spotbeams, which together provide quasi-complete coverage of Sub-Saharan Africa, the satellite addresses direct-to-user consumer and enterprise broadband services using dishes from 74 cm upwards.

To find out more about our satellite broadband services visit Konnect website.