Hot Bird
The satellite was positioned in geostationary orbit at a longitude of 13° East, co-located with the rest of the Hot Bird constellation. Following the launches of Hot Bird 7A and Hot Bird 8 in 2006, the satellite was moved to 7° West under the Atlantic Bird brand, and renamed "Atlantic Bird 4". During this time, some of the satellite's capacity was leased to Egyptian operator Nilesat, who marketed the satellite as "Nilesat 103".