Spacetrack Directory Name | ASTRA 3A |
Orbit launches | 2002-03-29 |
Country/organisation of origin | SES |
Starting point | FRGUI (Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana) |
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Perigee | 35779 km |
Apogee | 35795 km |
Astra 3A is one of the Astra communications satellites owned and operated by SES, launched in 2002 to the Astra 23.5°E orbital slot to provide digital television and radio for DTH and cable, multimedia and interactive services, corporate networks, and occasional and other business services to central Europe.
The satellite provides two broadcast beams, of horizontal and vertical polarisation, across two footprints that covered essentially the same areas of Europe ? principally the countries of central Europe.