Mission type | Communications |
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Operator | SES |
COSPAR ID | 1997-076A |
SATCAT no. | 25071 |
Website | https://www.ses.com/ |
Mission duration | Planned: 15 years Final: 25 years and 6 months |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Boeing 601HP |
Bus | HS-601HP |
Manufacturer | Hughes Space and Communications |
Launch mass | 3,379 kg (7,449 lb) |
Power | 6 kW |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 2 December 1997, 23:10:37 UTC |
Rocket | Proton-K / DM-2M |
Launch site | Baikonur, Site 81/23 |
Contractor | Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center |
Entered service | February 1998 |
End of mission | |
Disposal | Graveyard orbit |
Deactivated | June 2023 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit[1] |
Regime | Geostationary orbit |
Longitude | Astra 19.2° East (1997-2009) Astra 23.5° East (2009-2010) Astra 31.5° East (2010-2014) 60° East (2014-2016) 63° East (2016-2017) 51° East (2017-2018) 57° East (2018-2019) 63° East (2019-2021) Astra 19.2° East (2021-2023) |
Transponders | |
Band | 32 Ku-band |
Coverage area | Europe |
Astra 1G was one of the Astra communications satellites owned and operated by SES.