The EUTELSAT 117 West B satellite offers four regional Ku-band beams with exceptional coverage of Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, the Andean region and the Southern Cone.

Located at 117° West, the satellite strengthens DTH and DTT video capacities at the new multi-satellite neighbourhood which is already used by Millicom’s Tigo Star, Stargroup and Televisa.

EUTELSAT 117 West B also offers key services to telecom operators and government service providers in Latin America, and features a new-generation WAAS (Wide Area Augmentation System) payload operated by Raytheon as prime contractor for the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which will go live in 2018.

Launched on June 15 2016, by SpaceX, EUTELSAT 117 West B is commercialised by Eutelsat Americas. It is the second new-generation electric satellite in Eutelsat’s fleet.