Astra 3C at 23° E
also known as Astra 5B, Hylas 2B
Technical details
- Status
- active
- Orbital position
- 23° EChannel line-up at 23° E | Coverage maps
- NORAD number
- 39617
- COSPAR number
- 2014-011B
- Operator
- SES S.A.
- Manufacturer
- Airbus Defence and Space
- Model
- Eurostar-3000
- Launch
- 22 Mar 2014 from Guiana Space Center on Ariane 5 ECA
- Launch mass
- 5755 kg
- Expected lifetime
- 15 yrs.
- Beacon
- 11708.5V, 12490.0H
- Orbit
- GEO
Beams
- Ku-band East beam (Ku band) View footprint
- Ku-band West beam (Ku band) View footprint
- Ku-band Central and Eastern Europe High Power beam (Ku band) View footprint
- Ku-band Wide BSS beam (Ku band) View footprint
- Ka-band Germany Spot beam (Ka band) View footprint
- Ka-band Poland Spot beam (Ka band) View footprint
About Astra 3C
40 Ku-band transponders extending SES ASTRA's transponder capacity and geographical reach over Eastern European and neighboring markets for DTH, Direct-to-Cable (DTC) and contribution feeds to Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) networks. 6 Ka-band transponders leased to Avanti and Marketed as Hylas-2B. Hosted payload for the European Commission's (EC) European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS).