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Astra 1H


FieldValue
nameAstra 1H
image_size300px
mission_typeCommunications
operatorSES
COSPAR_ID1999-033A
SATCAT25785
websitehttps://www.ses.com/
mission_duration15 years (planned)
20 years, 4 months (achieved)
spacecraft_typeBoeing 601HP
spacecraft_busHS-601HP
manufacturerHughes Space and Communications
launch_mass3690 kg
power6 kW
launch_date18 June 1999, 01:49:30 UTC
launch_rocketProton-K / DM-2M
launch_siteBaikonur, Site 81/23
launch_contractorKhrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
entered_serviceAugust 1999
disposal_typeGraveyard orbit
deactivatedOctober 2019
orbit_referenceGeocentric orbit
orbit_regimeGeostationary orbit
orbit_longitudeAstra 19.2°E (1999-2013)
52.2°E (2013-2014
Astra 19.2°E (2014)
67.5°W (2014-2015)
47.5°W (2015-2016)
55.2°E(2016-2017)
43.5°E (2017-2018)
67°W (2018)
81°W (2018-2019)
67°W (2019)
apsisgee
trans_band32 Ku-band
trans_coverageEurope
programmeAstra constellation
previous_missionAstra 2A
next_missionAstra 2B

20 years, 4 months (achieved) 52.2°E (2013-2014 Astra 19.2°E (2014) 67.5°W (2014-2015) 47.5°W (2015-2016) 55.2°E(2016-2017) 43.5°E (2017-2018) 67°W (2018) 81°W (2018-2019) 67°W (2019)

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.

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.

References

References

  1. "ASTRA 1H". N2YO.com.
  2. (11 December 2017). "Astra 1G, 1H, 2A, 2C". Gunter's Space Page.
  3. (8 April 2021). "Satellites". Heavens Above.
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