Astra 1M !!!

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17:08 21.10.2008 On Baikonur docking of satellite Astra-1M with разгонным the block ' the Breeze-th ' is spent

Baikonur. On October, 21st. ' Kazakhstan Today ' - On Baikonur is spent docking of satellite Astra-1M with разгонным the block ' the Breeze-th ', the correspondent of agency referring to the press-service of the Federal space center ' transfers Baikonur '.

After end of joining on a space head part it will be established head then it will be transported for the general assembly with a booster rocket "Proton-th".

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 and intended for granting telecommunication services, signals of TV in format HDTV. Space vehicle Astra-1M is calculated on 15 years of active work in a geostationary orbit

Start of a booster rocket "Proton-th" with European telecommunication satellite Astra-1M is planned to execute on November, 3rd, 2008.

At use of the information the reference to news agency « Kazakhstan Today » is obligatory

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November 5– Astra 1M – Proton-M/Briz-M – Baikonur – 23:44 Moscow time


The launch of ASTRA 1M, SES ASTRA's new satellite, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan has been moved to 5 November 2008

http://www.roscosmos.ru/NewsDoSele.asp?NEWSID=4574

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http://coopi.khrunichev.ru/eng/pl_pusk.htm

Astra-1M is a new telecommunications satellite owned SES ASTRA that will provide a full range of television broadcasting services, including HDTV and other advanced audiovisual as well as broadband services.
The Astra-1M spacecraft was built by EADS Astrium based on its flight-proven and state-oftheart Eurostar E3000 platform, the latest version of the Eurostar series, which became first part of the SES fleet with the Astra 2B spacecraft launched in September 2000.
Astra-1M carries 32 active Ku-band transponders covering the FSS and BSS frequency bands. The spacecraft will feature pan-European as well as Middle East and African coverage. The satellite is specified for a minimum service life of 15 years. It has a launch mass of 5,345 kilograms, and spacecraft power of 10 kW at end of life.
Astra-1M will replace Astra-1H and provide in-orbit backup capacity for the ASTRA fleet at 19.2° East. Following the successful launches of Astra 1KR and Astra 1L, Astra 2C was relocated from 19.2° to 28.2° East. According to SES ASTRA, this strategy provides additional capacity to meet the strong demand in the UK and Irish markets, driven by the expected growth of HDTV services.

Application Broadcasting
Orbit GEO
Orbit Position 19.2° East
Operator SES ASTRA
Coverage Europe, North Africa, Middle East
Prime Contractor EADS Astrium
Platform Eurostar E3000
Design lifetime 15 years +
Launch Mass 5,345 kg
Main body Dimensions 2.4 m x 2.9 m x 4 m
Solar Array Span 35 m
Power at End of life 10 kW

Astra-1M Payload Specifications

Band Ku
Number of transponders 32
Frequencies, GHz 10,7–10,95; 11,45–11,7; 11,7–12,5
Payload power 8 kW
Channel Bandwidths:
FSS 26 MHz
BSS 33 MHz
Antennas Two 2.4 meter diameter deployable reflectors.
One 2.2 meter diameter deployable reflector

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Baikonur. On November, 3rd. " Kazakhstan Today " - the Booster rocket (РН) "Proton-th" with a space vehicle (КА) Astra-1M is established on starting "table" of a platform № 200 cosmodromes Baikonur, the correspondent of agency referring to a source at the cosmodrome transfers.

The decision on export РН "Proton-th" was accepted on November, 1st, at session of the state commission on preparation for start.

Yesterday at 06.30 on local time from a technical filling station transportation a railway platform of a booster rocket "Proton-th" to a starting complex of a platform № 200 has begun. The rocket has been delivered and established on starting "table" in vertical position.

To a rocket farms of service are shown. Experts of a name of M. design office the general mechanical engineering, the Federal space center "Baikonur" have started works under the schedule of the first starting day. Within 4 day experts of the cosmodrome will lead prestarting checks of systems of a starting complex and a booster rocket.

Start of a booster rocket "Proton-th" with telecommunication satellite Astra-1M is planned to make on November, 6th at 02.44 on time of Astana (on November, 5th at 23.44 Moscow time).

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 36and intended for granting telecommunication services, signals of TV in format HDTV. Astra-1M is calculated on 15 years of active work in a geostationary orbit.

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LAUNCH BROADCAST WILL BE SEEN IN EUROPE, RUSSIA AND THE LAUNCH SITE ON THIS FEED:
NSS7
Transponder ENV8/EUH8 CH CD
PAL Digital
Orbital Position 338 Degrees
BANDWIDTH 9 MHz
UPLINK Frequency 14,474.500 Vertical
DOWNLINK Frequency 11693.5 MHz Horizontal
Symbolic Rate 5.632
FEC 3/4

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Pe scurt:

NSS7 - 22.0°W
11693.5 MHz H 5.632
FEC 3/4