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Astra 1KR
is one of the
Astra
geostationary satellites
owned and operated by
SES
, was purchased in June 2003. It was launched on 20 April 2006, 20:27:00
UTC
as a replacement for
Astra 1K
, which failed to reach orbit on launch in November 2002.
[2]
The launch of Astra 1KR was the first attempted by SES since the Astra 1K failure.
The satellite launched to 3.4° East for testing, before moving to
Astra 19.2°E
, where it replaced
Astra 1B
, which was effectively decommissioned, and
Astra 1C
, which was then elderly and running beneath full capacity. It was expected to also replace
Astra 2C
, which was under-utilised, and to allow that satellite to return to
Astra 28.2°E
to join
Astra 2A
/
2B
/
2D
to provide additional capacity. However, SES stated that
Astra 1L
would replace Astra 2C.
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The first signals from the satellite at 19.2° East were direct replacements for four transponders on
Astra 1B
which had reached end-of-life and
Astra 1C
which was moved to 4.6° East.
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June
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July
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- STS-121
(
MPLM
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- INSAT-4C
- Genesis I
- Kosmos 2422
- BelKA
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Baumanets
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PicPot
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SACRED
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ION
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Rincon 1
,
ICECube-1
,
KUTESat Pathfinder
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SEEDS
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nCube
,
HAUSAT-1
,
MEROPE
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CP-2
,
AeroCube-1
,
CP-1
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Mea Huaka'i
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ICECube-2
- Arirang-2
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- Fengyun 2-05
- WildBlue 1
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AMC-18
- STS-116
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ITS P5
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SpaceHab LSM
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ANDE-MAA
,
ANDE-FACL
,
RAFT1
,
MARScom
,
MEPSI-2
)
- MEASAT-3
- USA-193
- TacSat-2
,
GeneSat
- Kiku 8
- SAR-Lupe 1
- Meridian 1
- Kosmos 2424
,
Kosmos 2425
,
Kosmos 2426
- CoRoT
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Launches are separated by dots ( ? ), payloads by commas ( , ), multiple names for the same satellite by slashes ( / ).
Crewed flights
are underlined. Launch failures are marked with the † sign. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are (enclosed in parentheses).
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