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Within these reception areas, Astra 5B provided capacity for direct-to-home (DTH) broadcasting, direct-to-cable (DTC), and contribution feeds to digital terrestrial television networks.
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are underlined. Launch failures are marked with the † sign. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are (enclosed in parentheses).
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Launches are separated by dots ( • ), payloads by commas ( , ), multiple names for the same satellite by slashes ( / ).
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position on 2 June 2014, and by the end of June 2014 had 18 active transponders carrying channels for eastern Europe.
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SES's Astra 5B Launch Delayed Again as Ariane 5 Co-passenger Hispasat Calls Timeout To Tweak Satellite
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The Wide beam enables reception on a 60 cm dish over the same area and in addition, the
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satellite at 31.5° East, which was itself filling in at that position after the loss of the
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In July 2023 it was reported that all broadcasts had ceased and the satellite had moved to
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was first used at 31.5° East to replace Astra 5A, with Astra 1G positioned there in 2010.
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Astra 5B was the third satellite to be launched of four ordered together by SES from
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Astra 5B as Astra 3C broadcasts the first programmes for Skylink
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before Astra 5B in 2013 and 2012, respectively, and the fourth,
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launch was pulled from the manifest pending a possible sale of
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The High Power beam provides reception on a 50 cm dish in
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SES Selects Astrium To Build Four Direct Broadcast Satellites
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Parabola.cz 1 December 2023. Accessed 25 December 2023
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The launch was then planned for 6 December 2013 with
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SpaceNews 13 November 2013 Accessed 28 November 2013
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Sat Universe. July 2023. Accessed 26 September 2023
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SES Astra. 22 May 2010 504:The satellite will also carry a hosted 2578: 940:www.lungsat.com Accessed June 29, 2014 788:(Press release). SES. 28 November 2014 1606: 1029: 1021:Astra 31.5°E orbital position Website 786:"ASTRA 2G SATELLITE ROARS INTO ORBIT" 968:N2YO.com. Accessed 26 September 2023 761: 446:The Astra 5B satellite provided two 13: 808:Satlaunch.Net 2013 Launch Schedule 14: 2617: 2601:Satellites using the Eurostar bus 1003: 919:(Press release). SES. 2 June 2014 586: 985: 971: 957: 943: 931: 909: 861: 835: 982:SES. Accessed 25 December 2023 821: 800: 778: 739: 717: 695: 638: 169:5,724 kg (12,619 lb) 84: 1: 893:. ArianeSpace. 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Index

Communications
SES S.A.
COSPAR ID
2014-011B
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SATCAT no.
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Eurostar
Bus
Eurostar-3000
Astrium
Airbus Defence and Space
UTC
Ariane 5 ECA
Centre Spatial Guyanais
ELA-3
Arianespace
Geocentric orbit
Geostationary orbit
31.5° East
23.5° East
transponders
Ku-band
Ka-band
Astra constellation
Astra 2E
Astra 2G
Astra
communications satellites
SES

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