15 years (planned) 9 years, 6 months, 3 days (elapsed)
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type
Eurostar
Bus
Eurostar-3000
Manufacturer
Astrium (now Airbus Defence and Space)
Launch mass
6,020 kg (13,270 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date
27 December 2014, 21:37:49 UTC
Rocket
Proton-M / Briz-M
Launch site
Baikonur, Site 200/39
Contractor
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Entered service
June 2015
Orbital parameters
Reference system
Geocentric orbit[1]
Regime
Geostationary orbit
Longitude
28.2° East
Transponders
Band
66 transponders: 62 Ku-band 4 Ka-band
Bandwidth
250 / 500 / 600 MHz
Coverage area
Europe
Astra constellation
← Astra 5B
Astra 1P →
Astra 2G is one of the Astra communications satellites owned and operated by SES, launched to the Astra 28.2°E orbital position on 27 December 2014, at 21:37:49 UTC from Baikonur Cosmodrome.[2]
Astra 2G is positioned at 28.5° East (part of the Astra 28.2°E orbital position) and is the last of three "second generation" satellites launched to this position to replace the first generation Astra 2A, Astra 2B, Astra 2C and Astra 2D satellites originally positioned there between 1998 and 2001, and it joined Astra 2E and Astra 2F launched in 2013 and 2012, respectively.[3]
^"ASTRA 2G". N2YO.com. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
^"Astra 2G Satellite Roars Into Orbit" (Press release). SES. 28 November 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
^"SES Orders Four New Satellites From ASTRIUM" (Press release). SES. 30 November 2009. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
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