Astra 2F

Astra 2F is a commercial communications satellite of SES Global, headquartered in Betz village in Luxembourg.

He was taken on September 28, 2012 21:18 UTC clock by an Ariane 5 ECA launcher from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, along with GSAT -10 into geostationary orbit over to the operator on 11 October.

The three -axis stabilized satellite is equipped with Ku -band and Ka - band transponders and will provide from 28.2 ° Ost028.2 from Africa, Europe and the Middle East with high-resolution television programs. It was built based on the Euro Star 3000 satellite bus company Astrium and has a design life of 15 years.

Reception

The satellite has three beams:

  • The UK spot beam is centered on the UK and the German speaking usually considerably heavier than the received UK- spotbeams his predecessors Astra 1N and Astra 2D, since it strongly decreases at the edges.
  • The Europe- Beam is focused on the western half of Europe and falls slowly to the east and to the south sharply.
  • The West Africa beam can be received on the southern coast of West Africa and in south central Africa.

The reception of the satellite is at noon always significantly better than at other times.

Pictures of Astra 2F

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