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Watch the video of the launch of ASTRA 1L from Korou on 4 May 2007
ASTRA 1L
The ASTRA 1L satellite is located at 19.2° East, ASTRA’s prime orbital position for Direct-to-Home services, providing capacity mainly for the transmission of broadcast services to consumer audiences in continental Europe. ASTRA 1L will also extend ASTRA’s Ka-band capabilities - currently available only via ASTRA 1H - with a secondary, Ka-band payload. ASTRA 1L guarantees continuity for the ASTRA fleet at 19.2° East, and will replace ASTRA 1E when that satellite approaches its end of life.
Satellite Facts
Satellite construction information
| Construction: | June 2003 - March 2007 in Newton (PHL) and Sunnyvale (San Francisco) |
| Transport to launch site: | by a Russian Antonov Cargo plane from Sunnyvale to Kourou |
Satellite launch information
| Launch date: | 04.05.2007 00:29 |
| Launch vehicle: | Ariane 5 ECA |
| Launch site: | Kourou, French Guyana |
| Launch mass: | 4500 kg |
Satellite orbital information
| Satellite manufacturer: | Lockheed Martin |
| Satellite type: | A2100 AX |
| Orbital location: | 19.2° east |
| Stabilization system: | 3-axis type |
| Total power consumption: | 13,074 W |
Satellite transponder information
| Transponder capacity: | 25 Ku + 2 Ka End of Life 29 Ku + 2 Ka First Five Years |
| TWTA output power: | 140 W (Ku Band) 128 W (Ka Band) |
| EIRP: | 46 to 54.5 dBW |
| All transponders are eclipse protected: | yes |
| Transponder bandwidth: | 26 MHz (Bands A,B,C and G) 33 MHz (Band F) 500 MHz (Ka Band) |
Channel capacity
| Total Ku-band channels: | 72 |
| 10.95-11.20 GHz: | 16 channels (band C) |
| 11.20-11.45 GHz: | 16 channels (band A) |
| 11.45-11.70 GHz: | 16 channels (band B) |
| 12.10-12.50 GHz: | 8 channels (band F) |
| 12.50-12.75 GHz: | 16 channels (band G) |
| 18.30-18.80 GHz: | 2 Ka band channels |
Footprint
FSS beam
Ka TX beam
Ka RX beam
