Astra 1H
Mission type | Communications |
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Operator | SES |
COSPAR ID | 1999-033A |
SATCAT no. | 25785 |
Website | https://www.ses.com/ |
Mission duration | 15 years (planned) 20 years, 4 months (achieved) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Boeing 601HP |
Bus | HS-601HP |
Manufacturer | Hughes Space and Communications |
Launch mass | 3,690 kg (8,140 lb) |
Power | 6 kW |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 18 June 1999, 01:49:30 UTC |
Rocket | Proton-K / DM-2M |
Launch site | Baikonur, Site 81/23 |
Contractor | Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center |
Entered service | August 1999 |
End of mission | |
Disposal | Graveyard orbit |
Deactivated | October 2019 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit[1] |
Regime | Geostationary orbit |
Longitude | 19.2° East |
Transponders | |
Band | 32 Ku-band |
Coverage area | Europe |
Astra constellation ← Astra 2A Astra 2B → |
Astra 1H is one of the Astra communications satellites owned and operated by SES.
History
SES ordered its Hughes 601HP satellite, in 1995 for Astra 1H.[2]
Launch
Astra-1H was launched on 18 June 1999 at 01:49:30 UTC, by a Proton-K / DM-2M launch vehicle, from Site 81/23 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It was maneuvered into a geostationary orbit at 19.2° East of longitude.[3]