Astra 1B was the second of the Astra communications satellites launched and operated by SES (Société Européenne des Satellites) to add extra capacity to...

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...

end-of-life and Astra 1C which was moved to 4.6° East. Spaceflight portal SES Astra Astra 19.2°E Astra 1K Astra 1B Astra 1C Astra 2C Astra 1E "ASTRA 1KR". N2YO...

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...

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position. The satellite was intended to be replaced in 2002, along with Astra 1B, by Astra 1K but this satellite failed to reach its intended orbit. It was eventually...

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

AstroSpace (as Satcom K3). Renamed Astra 1B and modified for use as a European direct broadcasting satellite and a part of the Astra DBS constellation, it was...

Astra satellites at 19.2°E. Astra 1A was launched in 1988 and followed by Astra 1B (1991), Astra 1C (1993), Astra 1D (1994), Astra 1E (1995), Astra 1F...

satellite via Astra 1B, DFS Kopernikus and in D2-MAC via TV-SAT 2 until the channel closed. The broadcast of 1 Plus over the frequently used Astra satellites...

time only available as a daytime service. It moved to transponder 24 on Astra 1B in September 1994, which allowed it to extend its broadcast hours until...

1991 Ariane 44LP 1991-015A Sold during construction to SES; launched as Astra 1B Satcom K4 GE Astro Space 10 June 1992 Atlas II 1992-032A Sold during construction...

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...

including Sky's Sky+ digital video recorder. With the addition of the Astra 1B TV satellite in May 1991 even more TV programs were available in Central...

Satellite Jukebox). Later on 3 June 1991, it started using transponder 24 on Astra 1B, at frequency 11.567 MHz for 11 hours a day, using the Videocrypt II encryption...

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...

Television, using the Astra system and broadcast in PAL with analogue sound. BSB had been aware of the impending launch of Astra when it submitted its...

along with The Sports Channel remained on air, and it launched on the Astra 1B satellite on 15 April 1991, launching a 24-hour service the following month...

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On 8 July 1992, TV Asia began broadcasting for 10 hours a day via the Astra 1B satellite. The start-up costs in 1992 were 8 million pounds. After two...

to between 12.00pm and 4.00pm. By 1997, Sky Soap was broadcasting from Astra 1B, and the hours were extended to 11.00am to 4.00pm. The only American daytime...

January 1995, the station transmission was moved from the Astra 1B satellite to the new Astra 1D, the channels used frequencies that were not available...

on weekends, time-sharing with Lifestyle. Following the launch of the Astra 1B satellite in 1991, The Children's Channel expanded to broadcast until 7...

April 1991 and began broadcasting to Sky viewers via the newly launched Astra 1B satellite on that date. It continued to transmit on BSB's Marcopolo satellite...

from 6 am to 10 pm on channel 26, timesharing with Sky Movies Gold on the Astra 1B satellite service. It was also announced that the channel would be subscription-only...

September 1999 as the world's first dedicated preschoolers' channel. On the Astra 1B satellite of Sky's analogue satellite service, the new channel timeshared...

renamed from Clwb S4C to Slot Meithrin. 1991 Following the launch of the Astra 1B-satellite, The Children's Channel's hours expand and it is now on the air...

place on the Marcopolo satellite. 15 April — The Movie Channel launches on Astra 1B. 20 April – Sky Sports launches, replacing the BSB Sports Channel. 6 May...

replacing The Power Station. 15 April — The Movie Channel launches on Astra 1B satellite at 8pm UK time with the first showing of 1989's Indiana Jones...

Telstar 401 and 402, for Fairchild-Matra on SPAS III, for Martin Marietta on Astra 1B, BS-3N, ACTS, and for the Lockheed Martin Series 7000 communications satellites...