Eutelsat
Confirms
Full
Restoration
Of
Services
At
16
Degrees
East
Position
29
January
2010
Working
in
close
collaboration
with
clients,
Eutelsat
Communications
confirms
that
all
services
affected
by
the
anomaly
which
occurred
in
the
evening
of
January
27
on
the
W2
satellite
are
now
fully
restored
at
16°
East.
Services
are
running
normally
using
capacity
on
three
satellites
collocated
at
16°
East:
EUROBIRD™
16
which
has
been
operating
at
this
position
since
April
2009,
W2M
which
was
deployed
at
the
beginning
of
January
to
16°
East
in
order
to
enter
commercial
service,
and
SESAT
1
which
arrived
on
January
28
following
the
completion
of
its
commercial
mission
at
36°
East
after
the
entry
into
service
of
W7.
In
parallel
to
these
manoeuvres,
W2
has
been
placed
in
secure
standby
mode
in
order
for
Eutelsat
and
the
satellite’s
manufacturer,
Thales
Alenia
Space,
to
carry
out
a
full
investigation
into
the
anomaly.
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