ASTRA 1K LAUNCH

[Gast]

Watch the launch of Astra 1K at November 25 night.

 

SES-Astra has recently announced that launch of Astra 1K satellite by Proton K rocket is under final preparation at Baikonur. The launch will be broadcast free-to-air the early morning of November 26 (the launch window opens at 00:04 CET) on Astra 1 position 19.2E. The analogue feed will use transponder 51 (10743H), while the Astra Vision service on the transponder 108 (12551V/22000 FEC 5/6) will feature digital version of the event.

 

Astra 1K is satellite the most powerful commercial satellite ever built in Europe. Its 5250 kg of liftoff weight include 52 Ku-band transponders, 2 Ka-band transponders, 13 kW of end-of-life power, and 10 different antenna reflectors. The satellite expected lifetime is 13 years. The satellite has payloads for 3 missions:

 

Replacement capacity for Astra 1B, 1C, 1D frequency band.

 

 

[Gast]

Kan iemand niet eens proberen die satelliet uit de lucht te schieten met een opgevoerde CD-Rewriter?

 

Straks zal je zien dat SECA 2 werkt en dat dan alle T*q**ll*'s nou net op deze satelliet zitten.

 

Aan de andere kant, is het dan niet makkelijker om via breedband-verbindingen de streams rechtstreeks vanuit Spanje op te halen? Gedecodeerd en wel? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

 

Greetz

 

 

MadMan

[Gast]

Hi, is inmiddels al gebeurt zie het artikel in de Telegraaf van heden ochtend met de mislukte lancering van de Astra-K!

[Gast]

ja klopt kijk hier http://www.astra.lu

[Gast]

 

 

Baikonur, November 26th, 2002

 

 

 

ASTRA 1K SATELLITE FAILS TO REACH CORRECT ORBIT

 

SES ASTRA regrets to announce the failure of the Proton launch vehicle to place ASTRA 1K, the fourteenth satellite in the ASTRA series, into the correct orbit.

 

ASTRA 1K was built by Alcatel Space of France, with Proton launch services from the Cosmodrome of Baikonur (Khazakstan) provided by ILS (International Launch Services), a US-Russian joint venture. The spacecraft was intended to operate at ASTRA's orbital position of 19.2° East.

 

SES ASTRA has full insurance coverage for the ASTRA 1K programme and the launch failure will not affect existing services at 19.2° East. Furthermore, ASTRA 2C, already operational at 19.2° East, offers comprehensive back-up for the ASTRA low-bands at this slot and will remain there until further notice.

 

Interactive Ka-Band services will continue to be provided by the existing Ka-band payload on ASTRA 1H.

 

With an existing available surplus capacity of roughly 20% of the 13 satellite strong ASTRA fleet in orbit, SES ASTRA, over the coming months, will reassess its future needs and make investment decisions on ASTRA 1K replacement capacity accordingly.

 

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[janhendrik]

Yeb, en nu net gezien op het nieuws van RTL-4 om 19.45 uur, met de vermelding dat dat ding het waarschijnlijk niet meer gaat doen.!!

Met dank aan de russen en hun draagraket!!

 

janhendrik....

[Bink]

Het is gewoon de straf voor dit ONZALIGE plan, om een satelliet te lanceren die NIET op Nederland gericht is.....

 

Ofwel: Nog iets langer geen beeld de Taquilla'tjes... (die toch al zwart waren)

 

8-))

 

Bink.