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SES ASTRA, an SES company (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG), announces that its new ASTRA 3B satellite was successfully launched aboard an Ariane 5 vehicle from Kourou, French Guiana, May 21 to 19:01 local time (ie 12:01 of May 22 in Central Europe). The satellite will reach its final orbital position within the next week and will be made commercially available in June after being tested in orbit.
ASTRA 3B will be positioned at 23.5 ° East will provide broadcasting services Direct-to-Home (DTH) in Benelux and Eastern Europe and will serve public and private satellite networks in Europe and the Middle East. Allow SES ASTRA satellite to expand its geographic coverage, expand customer service and provide receipt for DTH TV from Spain to the Black Sea also will further optimize the use of orbital position 23.5 ° East ASTRA 3B will join ASTRA 3A and will allow SES ASTRA to devote its satellite ASTRA 1E and ASTRA 1G, which is currently positioned at 23.5 ° East, to other missions.
ASTRA 3B is built by EADS Astrium in Toulouse using a Eurostar E3000 platform. The space shuttle had a weight of about 5,500 kilograms at launch and was carrying 60 transpoder Ku-band and four Ka-band (after the first five years will become 56 Ku-band and four Ka-band). The satellite fleet of SES ASTRA provides high-quality broadcasts to 125 million homes in Europe and serves 3.5 million households across the orbital position 23.5 ° East
ASTRA 3B will be positioned at 23.5 ° East will provide broadcasting services Direct-to-Home (DTH) in Benelux and Eastern Europe and will serve public and private satellite networks in Europe and the Middle East. Allow SES ASTRA satellite to expand its geographic coverage, expand customer service and provide receipt for DTH TV from Spain to the Black Sea also will further optimize the use of orbital position 23.5 ° East ASTRA 3B will join ASTRA 3A and will allow SES ASTRA to devote its satellite ASTRA 1E and ASTRA 1G, which is currently positioned at 23.5 ° East, to other missions.
ASTRA 3B is built by EADS Astrium in Toulouse using a Eurostar E3000 platform. The space shuttle had a weight of about 5,500 kilograms at launch and was carrying 60 transpoder Ku-band and four Ka-band (after the first five years will become 56 Ku-band and four Ka-band). The satellite fleet of SES ASTRA provides high-quality broadcasts to 125 million homes in Europe and serves 3.5 million households across the orbital position 23.5 ° East