Eutelsat 7C & AT&T T-16

EUTELSAT 7C is a high-power broadcast satellite for markets in Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and Turkey. It will be located at Eutelsat’s 7° East position, one of Eutelsat’s fastest-growing video neighborhoods, which already broadcasts over 500 TV channels, and serves anchor clients including Turkish pay-TV platform Digiturk, and Azam TV and Muvi TV platforms in Sub-Saharan Africa. Ordered from Space Systems Loral, and launching in 2019, EUTELSAT 7C will be equipped with 44 operational Ku-band transponders.

AT&T T-16 will provide telecommunications for the DirecTV television service. The satellite was built by Airbus Defence and Space.