Hotbird 13F

Hotbird 13F was a direct-to-home broadcast satellite for Eutelsat's fleet at 13° East, serving approximately 900 television channels to around 160 million households across Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa. Built by Airbus on the Eurostar Neo platform with a launch mass of approximately 4,500 kg (9,900 lb), it was injected into a supersynchronous geostationary transfer orbit of 376 km × 55,950 km inclined at 27.1°. Together with its twin Hotbird 13G - launched three weeks later - it replaced the ageing Hotbird 8, 9, and 10 satellites at the position.

The first stage also carried a FIFA-sponsored promotional payload: a pressurized container holding two Adidas Al Rihla match balls - the official ball of the 2022 FIFA World Cup - which were recovered with the booster and later shipped to Qatar for the tournament.