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Astra 1Q is a reconfigurable software defined satellite with both wide beams for broadcast TV and high-throughput spot beams for video and data customers. Both new satellites should provide service well into the 2040s. [9] [10] In June 2024, Astra 1P was successfully launched from Cape Canaveral on a Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket. [11]
Astra 1P (also known as SES-24) is an Astra communications satellite, built by Thales Alenia Space for owner/operator SES.Launched by SpaceX on 20 June 2024, the satellite will be positioned in geostationary orbit, in SES's primary European broadcasting slot at 19.2° East, where it will join and replace the Astra 1KR, Astra 1L, Astra 1M, and Astra 1N satellites currently stationed there ...
The Astra brand logo. Astra is the brand name for a number of geostationary communication satellites, both individually and as a group, which are owned and operated by SES, a global satellite operator based in Betzdorf, in eastern Luxembourg.
There are 11 fully-operational Astra satellites and another 2 as backup/reserve, the majority in four orbital locations - Astra 19.2°E, Astra 28.2°E, Astra 23.5°E, Astra 5°E. Astra's principle of "co-location" (several satellites are maintained close to each other, all within a cube with a size of 150 km (93 mi).
Satellite Country Operator Type Coverage Launch date Rocket Changes Status Arabsat 7A Saudi Arabia Arabsat: Communications Reconfigurable C-Band, Ku-band 2026: Falcon 9: Awaiting launch Astra 1Q Luxembourg SES: Communications Reconfigurable Ku-band 2027: Awaiting launch Flexsat International Eutelsat: Communications Reconfigurable C-Band, Ku ...
SES broadcast the first live UHDTV satellite broadcast in November 2014 (Linkin Park’s concert at the O2 World in Berlin) [158] and Europe's first free-to-air Ultra HD channel, Pearl TV, launched in September 2015 via Astra 19.2° East [159] A continuous UHDTV demonstration channel has broadcast to Europe from SES's Astra 19.2° East ...
First GPS IIIF satellite. A total of 22 GPS IIIF satellites are planned to be launched by 2034. [41] 2027 (TBD) [1] ... Astra 1Q: SES: Geosynchronous: Communications ...
In October 2007, following the successful deployment of Astra 1L at 19.2° East, Astra 1E was moved to Astra's new DTH orbital position, 23.5° East [3] where it provided capacity for the transmission of new services including the ASTRA2Connect two-way satellite broadband Internet service which provides high speed internet access and Voice over IP (VoIP) without landline connection at up to 2 ...