15 years (planned) 25 years, 8 months, 15 days (elapsed)
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type
Boeing 601
Bus
HS-601HP
Manufacturer
Hughes Space and Communications
Launch mass
3,635 kg (8,014 lb)
Power
6 kW
Start of mission
Launch date
30 August 1998, 00:31:00 UTC
Rocket
Proton-K / DM-03
Launch site
Baikonur, Site 81/23
Contractor
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Entered service
October 1998
Orbital parameters
Reference system
Geocentric orbit[1]
Regime
Geostationary orbit
Longitude
57.2° East
Transponders
Band
32 Ku-band
Bandwidth
33 MHz
Coverage area
Europe
Astra constellation
← Astra 1G
Astra 1H →
Astra 2A is one of the Astra communications satellites owned by SES. Launched in 1998 into the 28.2° East orbital position, half its expected end-of-life capacity of 28 transponders were pre-booked by BSkyB, who utilised it to launch their new Sky Digital service. In March 2015, the satellite has been deactivated and relocated to 113.5° East.
Astra2A is one of the Astra communications satellites owned by SES. Launched in 1998 into the 28.2° East orbital position, half its expected end-of-life...
end-of-life and Astra 1C which was moved to 4.6° East. Spaceflight portal SES AstraAstra 19.2°E Astra 1K Astra 1B Astra 1C Astra 2C Astra 1E "ASTRA 1KR". N2YO...
on Astra2A/2B/2C/2D & Eurobird 1 at 28.2°E (2007)". Lyngsat. Web Archive. Archived from the original on 28 October 2007. "Sky Digital on Astra2A/2B/2C/2D...
Astra 2C is one of the Astra communications satellites owned and operated by SES. Designed to join Astra2A and Astra 2B at the Astra 28.2°E orbital position...
Astra 2E is the second of three "second generation" satellites for the 28.2° East position to replace the first generation Astra2A, Astra 2B, Astra 2C...
generation Astra2A, Astra 2B, Astra 2C and Astra 2D satellites originally positioned there between 1998 and 2001, and it joined Astra 2E and Astra 2F launched...
Africa. Astra 2F is the first of three "second generation" satellites for the 28.2° East position which replace the first generation Astra2A, Astra 2B and...
United Kingdom which was transmitted from SES S.A.'s Astra satellites located at 28.2° east (Astra2A/2B/2D/1N) and Eutelsat's 28A satellite at 28.5°E. Real...
Astra 2B is one of the Astra communications satellites owned and operated by SES. Launched in September 2000 to join Astra2A at the Astra 28.2°E orbital...
original on 5 February 2011. Retrieved 31 October 2020. "Sky Digital on Astra2A/2B/2C/2D & Eurobird 1 at 28.2°E (2007)". Lyngsat. Web Archive. Archived...
Spaceflight portal Astra2AAstra 2B Astra 2C Astra 2E Astra 2F Astra 2G Astra 28.2°E orbital position Astra 5°E orbital position "Astra 2D". Retrieved 8...
Air Astra is a privately owned Bangladeshi passenger airline headquartered in Dhaka and based at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport under Astra Airways...
19.2° East of longitude. Spaceflight portal "ASTRA 1H". N2YO.com. Retrieved 8 April 2021. "Astra 1G, 1H, 2A, 2C". Gunter's Space Page. 11 December 2017...
Group. In May 2003, the BBC moved most of its channels from the Astra2A satellite to Astra 2D, which has a footprint that focuses more tightly on the UK...
Ireland. When Sky Digital was launched in 1998 the new service used the Astra2A satellite which was located at the 28.5°E orbital position, unlike the...
20 November 1999. Carried on Astra2A, it launched on the channel 917 of the Sky EPG, and then could be found on Astra 2G as Absolute Radio on channel...
joint venture. The Sky News Radio feed is available free-to-air on the Astra2A satellite at 28.2 East by tuning it manually: 12207.00 V, 27500, 2/3 (Label:...
2007. Prior to the migration to Astra 2E, 2F and 2G, Sky was transmitted from the Astra satellites located at 28.2° east (2A/2C/2E/2F) and Eutelsat's Eutelsat...
While the "footprint" of the Astra 2D satellite was smaller than that of Astra2A, from which it was previously broadcast encrypted, it meant that viewers...
launch vehicles designed, manufactured, and operated by American company Astra (formerly Ventions). The rockets were designed to be manufactured at minimal...
limited 3D TV broadcast service on 3 April 2010. Transmitting from the Astra2A satellite at 28.2° east, Sky 3D broadcast a selection of live English Premier...
fully-operational Astra satellites and another 2 as backup/reserve, the majority in four orbital locations - Astra 19.2°E, Astra 28.2°E, Astra 23.5°E, Astra 5°E. Astra's...
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