Active for over 25 years in the field of commercial satellite communications, Eutelsat owns one of the youngest fleets in the world. As Eutelsat's fully owned subsidiary for satellite broadband services, Skylogic offers broadband coverage from the Atlantic to the Pacific using the following satellites:

ATLANTIC GATE

Eutelsat has grouped the three ATLANTIC BIRD™ satellites in a region located between 12.5 degrees West and 5 degrees West. Their mainline mission is to offer a seamless link between the American continent, Europe, Africa and western Asia. The ATLANTIC BIRD™ 3 satellite has also enabled Eutelsat to enter the C-band market, with 10 transponders providing full coverage of Africa.

EUROBIRD™ 3

The first satellite designed for 2-way broadband Internet services, it was launched in September 2003 to 33 degrees East to provide coverage of Europe and Turkey through four high-power beams. With 22 Ku-band transponders, 20 of which it will be able to operate simultaneously throughout its 10 year lifetime, the satellite will deliver cost-effective 2-way broadband Internet services. The transponders are connected to 4 spot beams over Europe and Turkey. These 4 beams overlap to allow hubs located in the hot spots of each beam to communicate with each other, thus ensuring highly effective pan-European coverage.

SESAT 2

With a highly flexible configuration of fixed and steerable beams, SESAT 2 pro-vides high-power Ku-band capacity over Europe, Africa, the Middle East and central Asia. SESAT 2 can deliver telecommunications, broadband and broad-casting services via 12 Ku-band transponders. The satellite has a total of 24 transponders, 12 of which are referred to as SESAT 2, and, are leased to Eutelsat by the RSCC (Russian Satellite Communications Company). The remaining 12 transponders, with domestic coverage of the Russian Federation, are commercialsed by the RSCC under the name EXPRESS AM22.

W1

The W1 satellite provides a total of twenty-eight channels, twenty of which are connected to a fixed Widebeam coverage encompassing Europe, the Atlantic Islands, North Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia. The remaining eight channels are connected to a Steerable coverage, which is used to address new markets in geographical areas lying outside of the Widebeam coverage area. The satellite is designed so that services can be simultaneously provided within both coverages, providing the possibility for networking between the Widebeam and another geographical area.

W3A

Strategically placed at 7 degrees East, over the Gulf of Guinea, Eutelsat's new W3A satellite will cover the whole of sub-Saharan Africa and provide direct connectivity to Europe and the Mediterranean Basin.

W3A is one of Eutelsat's most sophisticated satellites, combining Ku- and Ka-band frequencies and on-board multi-plexing (SKYPLEX). It will provide pan-European and pan-African coverage while guaranteeing connectivity between the two continents.
W3A will also bring to Africa key applications such as distance-learning, telemedicine, Internet access and much more.