Astra 1F

Overview

Astra 1F

mission type	Communications
operator	SES
cospar id	1996-021A
satcat	23842
website	https://www.ses.com/
mission duration	15 years (planned) 24 years, 7 months (achieved)
spacecraft type	Boeing 601
spacecraft bus	HS-601
manufacturer	Hughes Space and Communications
launch mass	3010 kg
power	4.7 kW
launch date	8 April 1996, 23:09:01 UTC
launch rocket	Proton-K / DM-2M
launch site	Baikonur, Site 81/23
launch contractor	Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
entered service	June 1996
disposal type	Graveyard orbit
deactivated	November 2020
orbit reference	Geocentric orbit‡R1R‡
orbit regime	Geostationary orbit
orbit longitude	Astra 19.2°E (1996-2009) 51°E (2009-20100 55°E (2010-2015) 44.5°E (2015-2020)
apsis	gee
trans band	16 Ku-band
trans bandwidth	FSS: 26 Mhz BSS: 33 MHz
trans coverage	Europe
programme	Astra constellation
previous mission	Astra 1E
next mission	Astra 1G

Astra 1F is one of the Astra communications satellites in geostationary orbit owned and operated by SES. It was launched in April 1996 to the Astra 19.2°E orbital slot initially to provide digital television and radio for direct-to-home (DTH) across Europe.

The satellite originally provided two broadcast beams, of horizontal and vertical polarisation, for Fixed Service Satellite (FSS) (10.70-10.95 GHz) and for Broadcast Satellite Service (BSS) (11.70-12.10 GHz) frequency bands. The FSS beams provide footprints that cover essentially the same area of Europe – northern, central and eastern Europe, including Spain and northern Italy – while the BSS horizontal beam excludes Spain and extends further east, and the BSS vertical beam includes Spain and more of southern Italy but does not extend so far east. Within the footprints, television signals are usually received with a 60–80 cm dish.[2]

Astra 1F

See also

External links

References