Astra 2C

Astra 2C at 19.2 ° East is a television satellite of SES Global ( formerly SES Astra - Société Européenne des Satellites - Astra ), headquartered in Betz village in Luxembourg, which is set for TV reception in Europe.

He was promoted from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan into space in 2001.

Astra 2C has backup capacity Astra C-band D- band and E-band.

Astra 2C was until August 2007 at the orbital position 19.2 degrees East. The commissioning of Astra 1L he could be moved to its originally intended position 28.2 ° East, which he has reached on 20 August 2007. He introduced there much needed additional transponder capacity mainly for the UK available. He was then postponed again to replace Astra 5A at 31.5 °.

SES Global took in May 2011 re- positioning before and moved Astra 2C back to the orbital position 19.2 ° East, on which he shares in June 2012, the transponder on Astra 1H ( used from then on as a backup satellite) and Astra 1M took over.

Reception

The satellite can be received in parts of Europe, from Greece, there is a strong decrease in the signal, so there is no reception in the Middle East. Furthermore, the reception in Scandinavia is highly restricted.

The transmission is in the Ku- band.