 For the next three years it covered a new slot at 16° East until the launch of Eutelsat II F-3.After brief operations at 17.5 and 25.5 degrees between 1991 and 1993, the satellite was moved to 48 degrees East for most of its last three years of service.Between February and March 1996 the spacecraft was moved to 36 degrees West, where it remained until November.