Astra 1M

Astra 1M
Mission type	Communications
Operator	SES
COSPAR ID	2008-057A
SATCAT no.	33436
Website	https://www.ses.com
Mission duration	15 years (planned) ; 15 years, 6 months, 18 days (elapsed)
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	Eurostar
Bus	Eurostar 3000S
Manufacturer	Astrium ; (now Airbus Defence and Space )
Launch mass	5,320 kg (11,730 lb)
Power	10 kW
Start of mission
Launch date	5 November 2008, 20:44:20 UTC
Rocket	Proton-M / Briz-M
Launch site	Baikonur , Site 200/39
Contractor	Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Entered service	January 2009
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric orbit
Regime	Geostationary orbit
Longitude	19.2° East
Transponders
Band	36 Ku-band
Bandwidth	26 MHz ; 33 MHz
Coverage area	Europe, Africa, Middle East
	Astra constellation ← Astra 1L Astra 3B →

Astra 1M is a geostationary communications satellite which is operated by SES . It is positioned in geostationary orbit at a longitude of 19.2° East , from where it is used to provide direct to home (DTH) broadcasting to Europe, Africa , and the Middle East .

Satellite description [ edit ]

Astra 1M was built by Astrium (now Airbus Defence and Space ) under a contract signed in July 2005, and is based on the Eurostar 3000S satellite bus . It is equipped with thirty six transponders operating in the J-band of the NATO-defined spectrum, or the Ku-band of the older IEEE -defined spectrum. At launch it had a mass of 5,320 kg (11,730 lb), ^[1] with an expected operational lifespan of 15 years, ^[2] however four of its transponders were deactivated five years after launch. ^[3] At the beginning of its operational life, it had a maximum power consumption of 10 kilowatts by the end of the satellite's operational life. ^[3]

Launch [ edit ]

The launch of Astra 1M was conducted by International Launch Services (ILS), using a Proton-M launch vehicle with a Briz-M upper stage. The launch occurred from Site 200/39 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan , at 20:44:20 UTC on 5 November 2008. ^[4] Astra 1M was successfully placed into a geostationary transfer orbit (GTO), from which it raised itself to geostationary orbit by means of an onboard apogee motor .

References [ edit ]

^ "Astra 1M" . SES Astra . Retrieved 10 April 2021 .
^ "UCS Satellite Database" . Union of Concerned Scientists. 1 April 2010. Archived from the original on 3 June 2010 . Retrieved 31 May 2010 .
^ ^a ^b "Astra 1M" . Gunter's Space Page. 11 December 2017 . Retrieved 10 April 2021 .
^ McDowell, Jonathan (14 March 2021). "Launch Log" . Jonathan's Space Report . Retrieved 10 April 2021 .

External links [ edit ]

IMS Archived 25 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine Official provider's site

[SES-1] "Astra 1M" . SES Astra . Retrieved 10 April 2021 .

[UCS-2] "UCS Satellite Database" . Union of Concerned Scientists. 1 April 2010. Archived from the original on 3 June 2010 . Retrieved 31 May 2010 .

[Gunter-3] "Astra 1M" . Gunter's Space Page. 11 December 2017 . Retrieved 10 April 2021 .

[Launch_Log-4] McDowell, Jonathan (14 March 2021). "Launch Log" . Jonathan's Space Report . Retrieved 10 April 2021 .

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SES fleet	Active : SES-1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 (EchoStar 105) 12 14 15 16 (GovSat-1) 17
AMC fleet	Active : AMC-4 6 8 10 11 15 16 18 21 Backups : AMC-7 Retired : AMC-1 2 3 5 9 Failed launch : AMC-14
NSS fleet	Active : NSS-6 7 9 10 11 12 806 Retired : NSS-5 513 703 K Failed launch : NSS-8
Astra fleet	Active : Astra 1KR 1L 1M 1N 2E 2F 2G 3B 4A 5B Backups : Astra 1D 1F 1G 1H 2A 2B 2C 2D 3A Retired : Astra 1A 1B 1C 1E 5A Sirius 3 Failed launch : Astra 1K Orbital positions : 5.0°E 19.2°E 23.5°E 28.2°E 31.5°E Subsidiary : SES Astra
Third parties	Active : Ciel-2 MonacoSAT QuetzSat 1 Yahsat 1A

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October	THEOS Soyuz TMA-13 IBEX Chandrayaan-1 ( MIP ) Shijian 6E , Shijian 6F COSMO-3 Venesat-1
November	Chuang Xin 1B , Shiyan Weixing 3 Astra 1M Kosmos 2445 STS-126 ( Leonardo MPLM , PSSC-1 ) Progress M-01M
December	Yaogan 4 Kosmos 2446 Yaogan 5 Hot Bird 9 , Eutelsat W2M Fengyun 2E Kosmos 2447 , Kosmos 2448 , Kosmos 2449
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