It was equipped with 35 K band repeaters covering Europe , North Africa and the Middle - East as well as 10 C band repeaters .
Atlantic Bird 3 was assembled by Alcatel Space , later Alcatel Alenia Space , on a Spacebus 3000 3B platform .
Alcatel Space was equipped with 35 K band repeaters covering Europe , North Africa and the Middle - East as well as 10 C band repeaters .
Atlantic Bird 3 was assembled by Alcatel Space , later Alcatel Alenia Space , on a Spacebus 3000 3B platform .