Eutelsat 33E, previously known as Hot Bird 10, Atlantic Bird 4A, Eutelsat 3B, and Nilesat 104, Hot Bird 13D is a French communications satellite. Operated by Eutelsat, it provides direct-to-home broadcasting services from geostationary orbit as part of Eutelsat's Hot Bird constellation at a longitude of 13 degrees east.

NSS-9 is a communications satellite owned by SES WORLD SKIES. It is an all-C-band satellite intended as a replacement for NSS-5 and has three beams with 44 active C-band transponders.

Spirale is a French government programme to develop an early warning system that will use infrared satellite imagery to detect the flights of ballistic missiles during their boost phase, just after launch. SPIRALE is an acronym that stands for "Système Préparatoire Infra-Rouge pour l’ALErte", literally "infrared preparatory system for alert".

The demonstrator system includes two 120 kilograms (260 lb) microsatellites and an alert and monitoring ground segment.