Astra 1A was the first satellite launched and operated by SES (Société Européenne des Satellites), launched in December 1988. During its early days, it...

digital. Astra 1KR (launched 2006) Astra 1L (launched 2007) Astra 1M (launched 2008) Astra 1N (launched 2011) Astra 1A (launched 1988, retired) Astra 1B (launched...

the reception equipment. At the time of the launch of the first Astra satellite, Astra 1A in 1988, the satellite's operator was known as Société Européenne...

Croatian 1A Volleyball League 1. A SKL, the 2002–2006 name of Premier A Slovenian Basketball League Adcox 1-A, an American 1929 biplane Astra 1A, a 1988...

of over 1.7 metres. On 11 December 1988, however, Luxembourg launched Astra 1A, the first satellite to provide medium power satellite coverage to Western...

Premiere. The channel originally started as a single analogue channel on the Astra 1A satellite, entirely without any commercials, showing films dubbed into...

Spaceflight portal SES (operator) Astra satellite family Astra 19.2°E Astra 1A Astra 1C Astra 1D Astra 1E Astra 1K Astra 1KR "ASTRA 1B". N2YO.com. Retrieved 7...

Larger dishes continued to be used, however. In December 1988, Luxembourg's Astra 1A satellite began transmitting analog television signals on the Ku band for...

position at 19.2° East, and was intended as an in-orbit spare for Astra's Astra 1A, 1B and 1C and to carry digital TV transmissions. However, development...

television programs throughout Europe. The first SES Astra satellite, the 16-channel RCA 4000 Astra 1A, was launched by the Ariane Rocket in December 1988...

Astra (Sanskrit: "Weapon") is an Indian family of all weather beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile, developed by the Defence Research and Development...

oscillator. With the launch of the first DTH broadcast satellite in Europe (Astra 1A) by SES in 1988, antenna design was simplified for the anticipated mass...

pan-European Astra satellite system (leasing four transponders on Société Européenne des Satellites' RCA Astro-built satellite, Astra 1A, intended for...

Fien, and the Julianatoren show Jul & Julia It originally launched on the Astra 1A satellite as RTL Véronique on 2 October 1989, before re-branding as RTL...

Forces Command), likely in 2023. There were two Skynet 1 satellites (1A and 1B); Skynet 1A was launched on a Delta M on 22 November 1969, but the satellite...

provider Sky since its launch in 1989 following the launch of the SES Astra 1A TV satellite. Amstrad was key to the introduction of Sky, as the company...

 Israel Ofek-1 IAI Shavit Palmachim 19 September 1988  Luxembourg Astra 1A SES Astra GE Astrospace Ariane 44LP Kourou 11 December 1988  Argentina Lusat...

250 kg (11,570 lb). Intended to replace the Astra 1B satellite and provide backup for 1A, 1C and 1D at the Astra 19.2°E orbital position, the Blok DM3 upper...

hours each night from 8pm (GMT) on the Lifestyle transponder 5 on the Astra 1A satellite in analogue format (frequency 11.273 MHz, time-sharing with The...

satellite, Astra 1A, to the 19.2° East orbital position. Rupert Murdoch's Sky TV, along with German broadcasters Pro7, Sat.1, and RTL were among Astra's first...

Powers Europe (SHAPE) in Casteau, Belgium. CFN Europe was broadcast on the Astra 1A satellite, until its decommissioning in December 2004, and later on the...

Sky Television, was launched in 1989 and used the newly launched SES Astra 1A satellite, providing 4 analogue TV channels. The channels and subsequent...

August 1989 as TV1000, using one of the sixteen transponders on Astra 1A, the very first Astra satellite. In June 1991 TV1000 announced that they channel would...

sizes of over 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in). On December 11, 1988 Luxembourg launched Astra 1A, the first satellite to provide medium power satellite coverage to Western...

profit. Sky News was the UK's first 24-hour news channel, broadcast on Astra 1A. It had no local competition until November 1997, when BBC News launched...

was replaced with Sky News, which Sky Television had broadcast on the Astra 1A satellite. Now ceased broadcasting on Saturday 1 December 1990 at 1.00am...

Program Standards. Originally, Sky Arts was planned as a full channel on the Astra 1A satellite at the beginning of the Sky Television service back in 1989....

equipment required. However, the Astra satellite system was also starting up at this time (the first satellite, Astra 1A was launched in 1989) and that...

Quality Europe FM was a UK radio station transmitted across Europe via the Astra 1A satellite in the early 1990s. QEFM was one of the first European radio...

Swedish television. TV3 was one of the first channels to be broadcast on the Astra 1A satellite when that launched in 1989; in addition, TV3 Sweden became available...