NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Astra 2G

Launch Time
Sat Dec 27, 2014 21:37 UTC

Rocket

Proton-M/Briz-M
ILS
Status: Active
Price: $65.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 10,027 kN
Payload to LEO: 21,000 kg
Payload to GTO: 6,900 kg
Stages: 4
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 58.18 m
Fairing Diameter: 4.35 m
Fairing Height: 15.26 m

Mission Details

Astra 2G

SES S.A. and Astrium announced in December 2009 that SES has ordered four multi-mission satellites from Astrium to provide replacement as well as incremental capacity for its SES ASTRA and SES WORLD SKIES divisions.

The new satellites, to be designated Astra 2E, Astra 2F, Astra 2G, and Astra 5B, will allow the release of the existing satellites at two orbital positions (28.2 and 31.5 degrees East) and add new capacity as well as fleet deployment flexibility for the SES group over the coming years. The satellites are scheduled for launch in several steps between 2012 and 2014. The design life of each satellite is 15 years.

The four new satellites will be built on a Eurostar-3000 platform.

Three of the new spacecraft, Astra 2E, Astra 2F, and Astra 2G, will serve to deliver next-generation broadcast, VSAT, and broadband services in Europe and Africa, and will carry Ku-and Ka-band payloads at 28.2 degrees East.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 6,020.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Location

Site 200/39, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

Stats

2014

91st orbital launch attempt

Proton-M

87th mission
8th mission of 2014
77th successful mission
2nd consecutive successful mission