Astra 1B was the second of the Astra communications satellites launched and operated by SES (Société Européenne des Satellites) to add extra capacity to the satellite television (direct broadcasting) services from 19.2° East, serving Germany, the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Astra1B was the second of the Astra communications satellites launched and operated by SES (Société Européenne des Satellites) to add extra capacity to...
end-of-life and Astra 1C which was moved to 4.6° East. Spaceflight portal SES AstraAstra 19.2°E Astra 1K Astra1BAstra 1C Astra 2C Astra 1E "ASTRA 1KR". N2YO...
AstraZeneca plc (/ˌæstrəˈzɛnəkə/) (AZ) is a British-Swedish multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company with its headquarters at the Cambridge...
250 kg (11,570 lb). Intended to replace the Astra1B satellite and provide backup for 1A, 1C and 1D at the Astra 19.2°E orbital position, the Blok DM3 upper...
Astra 1A was the first satellite launched and operated by SES (Société Européenne des Satellites), launched in December 1988. During its early days, it...
position. The satellite was intended to be replaced in 2002, along with Astra1B, by Astra 1K but this satellite failed to reach its intended orbit. It was eventually...
satellite via Astra1B, DFS Kopernikus and in D2-MAC via TV-SAT 2 until the channel closed. The broadcast of 1 Plus over the frequently used Astra satellites...
AstroSpace (as Satcom K3). Renamed Astra1B and modified for use as a European direct broadcasting satellite and a part of the Astra DBS constellation, it was...
time only available as a daytime service. It moved to transponder 24 on Astra1B in September 1994, which allowed it to extend its broadcast hours until...
including Sky's Sky+ digital video recorder. With the addition of the Astra1B TV satellite in May 1991 even more TV programs were available in Central...
position at 19.2° East, and was intended as an in-orbit spare for Astra'sAstra 1A, 1B and 1C and to carry digital TV transmissions. However, development...
Satellite Jukebox). Later on 3 June 1991, it started using transponder 24 on Astra1B, at frequency 11.567 MHz for 11 hours a day, using the Videocrypt II encryption...
On 8 July 1992, TV Asia began broadcasting for 10 hours a day via the Astra1B satellite. The start-up costs in 1992 were 8 million pounds. After two...
April 1991 and began broadcasting to Sky viewers via the newly launched Astra1B satellite on that date. It continued to transmit on BSB's Marcopolo satellite...
Television, using the Astra system and broadcast in PAL with analogue sound. BSB had been aware of the impending launch of Astra when it submitted its...
place on the Marcopolo satellite. 15 April — The Movie Channel launches on Astra1B. 20 April – Sky Sports launches, replacing the BSB Sports Channel. 6 May...
January 1995, the station transmission was moved from the Astra1B satellite to the new Astra 1D, the channels used frequencies that were not available...
replacing The Power Station. 15 April — The Movie Channel launches on Astra1B satellite at 8pm UK time with the first showing of 1989's Indiana Jones...
to between 12.00pm and 4.00pm. By 1997, Sky Soap was broadcasting from Astra1B, and the hours were extended to 11.00am to 4.00pm. The only American daytime...
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