Astra 2G

communications satellite

Astra 2G is one of the Astra communications satellites owned and operated by SES, launched to the Astra 28.2°E orbital position on 27 December 2014, at 21:37:49 UTC from Baikonur Cosmodrome.

Mission type	Communications +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Operator	SES +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
COSPAR ID	2014-089A +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
SATCAT no.	40364 +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Mission duration	15 years +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

SPACECRAFT PROPERTIES

Bus	Eurostar-3000 +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Manufacturer	Airbus Defence and Space +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Launch mass	6,002 kilograms (13,232 lb) +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

EXPEDITION

CREW

START OF MISSION

Launch date	27 December 2014, 21:37 (2014-12-27UTC21:37Z) UTC +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Rocket	Proton-M/Briz-M +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Launch site	Baikonur 200/39 +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Contractor	ILS +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

END OF MISSION

ORBITAL PARAMETERS

Reference system	Geocentric +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Regime	Geostationary +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Longitude	21.0°E (2015, testing) 43.5°E (2015, testing) 28.2°E (2015-) +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Slot	Astra 28.2°E +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Inclination	0.08 degrees +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Period	1436.04 minutes +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Epoch	23 January 2015, 20:53:32 UTC +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

PAYLOAD

MAIN TELESCOPE

TRANSPONDERS

Band	62 Ku band, 4 Ka band +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Bandwidth	250/500/600 megahertz +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

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