Name of Satellite, Alternate Names |
Astra 1H |
Country of Operator/Owner |
Luxembourg |
Operator/Owner |
SES (Société Européenne des Satellites (SES)) |
Users |
Commercial |
Purpose |
Communications |
Class of Orbit |
GEO |
Type of Orbit |
|
Longitude of GEO (degrees) |
19.2 |
Perigee (km) |
35776 |
Apogee (km) |
35794 |
Eccentricity |
0.000213497805716997 |
Inclination (degrees) |
0.06 |
Period (minutes) |
1436.04 |
Launch Mass (kg.) |
3690 |
Dry Mass (kg.) |
2300 |
Power (watts) |
6600 |
Date of Launch |
18-06-1999 |
Expected Lifetime |
15 yrs. |
Contractor |
Hughes |
Country of Contractor |
USA |
Launch Site |
Baikonur Cosmodrome |
Launch Vehicle |
Proton D |
COSPAR Number |
1999-033A |
NORAD Number |
25785 |
Comments |
Direct-to-home tv; multimedia; broadcasting; 32 Ku-band for first five years, 28 after; Europe. |