astra 1m

The Russian rocket will launch into an orbit the Luxembourg satellite
Moscow. On September, 17th. INTERFAX.RU - start of Luxembourg telecommunication space vehicle Astra1M is planned to execute from Baikonur in the end of October - the beginning of November, have informed "Interfax" in the federal space center "Baikonur". " Start is planned to carry out by means of a booster rocket "Proton-th" Breeze-th ", - the interlocutor of agency has told. As he said, on the night of Wednesday the train with a booster rocket "Proton-th" is sent to Baikonur from the Moscow factory of the Center


The contract on manufacture Astra 1M has received European concern EADS Astrium from company SES-Astra in July, 2005.


The satellite is constructed on platform Eurostar E3000 and bears 36 transponder. The starting weight of a space vehicle - 5 300 kgs, it will work in a geostationary orbit within 15 years, rendering service of television services, TV of high clearness (HDTV) and communications for users of the Europe, Northern Africa and the Near East.

Astra 1M

Additional capacity for SES Astra

Scheduled for launch into 19.2° East in 2008, Astra 1M will provide a full range of television broadcasting services, including HDTV and other advanced audiovisual as well as broadband services with a pan-European coverage. Astrium is prime contractor, responsible for the design and build of the spacecraft and the supply of both the payload and the Eurostar E3000 platform.
Astra 1M will carry 36 transponders covering the Ku FSS and BSS frequency bands. It will have a launch mass of 5,300 kg, a solar array span of 35 metres once deployed in orbit, and spacecraft power of 10 kW at end of its planned 15-year service life.


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16:13 24.09.2008 To Baikonur it is delivered РН the "Proton-th", intended for start of telecommunication satellite Astra-1M

Baikonur. On September, 24th. " Kazakhstan Today " - To Baikonur the booster rocket (РН) the "Proton-th", intended for start of telecommunication satellite Astra-1M is delivered, the correspondent of agency referring to a source at the cosmodrome transfers.

The booster rocket "Proton-th" with auxiliaries has been sent by railway transportation from the situated near Moscow Center of a name of M.on September, 17th and in the morning on September, 24th has arrived on station -there.

Necessary procedures of customs registration then cars with blocks of a booster rocket and auxiliaries will be transported on branch line in the case of a platform 92 where assembly of steps of a booster rocket and preparation of a rocket for start will be made are now spent.

Start of a booster rocket "Proton-th" with European telecommunication satellite Astra-1M is planned to execute in the end of October, 2008.

Satellite Astra-1M is made by European concern EADS Astrium under the order companies SES Astra (Luxembourg).

The space vehicle in weight more than 6 tons is equipped 36 transponder and intended for granting telecommunication services, signals of TV in format HDTV. Satellite Astra-1M is calculated on 15 years of active work in a geostationary orbit.

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Today in the fair chamber of the -test case of a platform 92А calculations of foreign experts at support of calculations of the Center of a name of M.V.Khrunicheva have started works with Luxembourg telecommunication space vehicle Astra 1M.
From the container, its installation unloading КА is spent to the stand and external survey.
The space vehicle has been delivered to the cosmodrome on Saturday, on September, 27th.
Rocket firing of space purpose "Proton-th" block " Breeze-th " and space vehicle Astra 1M is planned to execute in the end of October, 2008.
Space vehicle Astra 1M is made under the order of satellite operator SES-ASTRA by the European concern EADS Astrium on the basis of platform Eurostar E3000. КА bears 36 from a geostationary orbit it within 15 years will transfer a television signal, to render services of communication and the Internet for the Europe, the Near East and northern Africa. The space vehicle has weight of 5300 kgs, scope of its solar batteries makes 35 meters.

Press-service FKTS " Baikonur "

Spacecraft E3000
Main body dimensions Height: 4 m Length: 2.4 m Width: 2.9 m
Solar Array Span 35 m
Launch mass 5.3 tons
DC Power at End of life 10 kW
Design lifetime 15 years +
Orbital position 19.2° East longitude
Payload
ASTRA Frequency bands D (10.7-10.95 GHz)
B (11.45-11.7 GHz)
E and F (11.7-12.5 GHz)
Number of transponders 32 transponders
Payload power 8 kW
Antennas Two 2.4 meter diameter deployable reflectors
One 2.2 meter diameter deployable reflector
Coverage Europe, North Africa, Middle East
Channel Bandwidths 26 MHz in FSS band
33 MHz in BSS band