Astra 2E

Astra 2E
Spacecraft properties

Mission type	Communications
Operator	SES
COSPAR ID	2013-056A
SATCAT №	39285
Mission duration	15 years

Bus	Eurostar-3000
Manufacturer	Astrium
Launch mass	6,020 kilograms (13,270 lb)

Start of mission
Launch date	29 September 2013, 21:38 (2013-09-29UTC21:38Z) UTC
Rocket	Proton-M/Briz-M
Launch site	Baikonur 200/39
Contractor	ILS

Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Geostationary
Longitude	43.5°E (2013, testing) 28.2°E (2014-)
Slot	Astra 28.2°E
Semi-major axis	42,163.88 kilometres (26,199.42 mi)^[1]
Eccentricity	0.0001878^[1]
Perigee	35,784 kilometres (22,235 mi)^[1]
Apogee	35,800 kilometres (22,200 mi)^[1]
Inclination	0.05 degrees^[1]
Period	1436.10 minutes^[1]
Epoch	25 January 2015, 05:01:56 UTC^[1]

Astra 2E is one of the Astra communications satellites owned and operated by SES, launched to the Astra 28.5°E orbital slot on September 30, 2013^[2] after a 10-week delay caused by rocket launcher problems. The satellite provides free-to-air and encrypted direct-to-home (DTH) digital TV and satellite broadband services for Europe and the Middle East.

After launch, Astra 2E underwent in-orbit testing at 43.5°E^[3] and began commercial operations at 28.2°E in February 2014.^[4] At that time, channels broadcast via Astra 1N (temporarily located at 28.2°E pending Astra 1E's launch) were transferred to Astra 2E and Astra 1N relocated to its design position at 19.2°E.^[5]

Astra 2E is the second of three 'second generation' satellites for the 28.2°E position to replace the first generation Astra 2A, Astra 2B, Astra 2C and Astra 2D craft originally positioned there between 1998 and 2001.^[6] The first, Astra 2F, was launched in 2012^[7] and the third, Astra 2G, was launched in 2014 (launched on December 27, 2014^[8]).

Unlike other SES/Astra spacecraft, the launch order of Astra 2E and Astra 2F is not reflected in their alphabetical names, with Astra 2F launched 10 months before Astra 2E.

Market

The Astra 28.2°E position was established in 1998 to provide digital TV, digital radio and multimedia services to the UK and Republic of Ireland, and Astra 2E’s primary mission is to continue this provision as replacement and follow-on capacity to the Astra 2A, Astra 2D and Astra 1N satellites. Along with Astra 2F it will deliver programming to almost 13 million satellite homes, over 3 million cable homes, and 700,000 IPTV homes in the UK and Ireland, in particular for channels from the major UK digital satellite TV platforms, BSkyB and Freesat.^[9]

ASTRA 2E will also deliver broadcast and VSAT services in Europe, Middle East and Africa in Ku-band.^[10] and Ka-band capacity will provide internet via satellite with download speeds of up to 20 Mbit/s to Germany.^[11]

Broadcasting footprint

Astra 2E has three Ku-band downlink beams covering Europe and the Middle East:

The Europe beam is centred on the English Channel with maximum signal over the UK, Ireland, France, Benelux, and parts of Germany, Austria, and Spain (including a "lobe" specifically designed to serve the Canary Islands), and reception on a larger dish extending to Italy, Poland, North Africa, and the Balkans.

The UK Spot beam provides maximum signal (for 45 cm dishes) over the UK, Ireland, Benelux and Northern France with a sharp roll-off of signal level outside this region, in close approximation of the UK Beam of Astra 2D. This enables channels to be broadcast free-to-air but with reception effectively constrained to the British Isles, and has been the basis for the Freesat free-to-air UK platform.^[12]

The Middle East beam is centred on the Arabian peninsula and extends to Turkey and into eastern Africa, to provide for reception with 50 cm dishes.

The Ka-band footprint for satellite broadband provides full service coverage centred on central Europe and extending to France, Italy, the Balkans, the UK, and southern Sweden and Norway.^[10]

The craft is fitted with 60 Ku-band transponders.^[13]

Launch delay

The launch of Astra 2E was intended to be by ILS Proton-M rocket on July 21, 2013,^[14] but the previous launch of this rocket on July 2, 2013 carrying three Russian GLONASS navigation satellites ended with the rocket exploding shortly after lift off^[15] and the Proton launch programme was postponed. The fault with the failed rocket was found to be the incorrect installation of three angular rate sensors, the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) reported,^[16] and the launch programme was recommenced in September 2013.

TV Channels on Astra 2E

Below is a list, as of July 2015, of the TV and radio channels broadcast from Astra 2E on its UK Beam and European Beam (the UK Beam is the most difficult to receive outside the British Isles:^[17]

In the list, TV channels broadcast with a one-hour delay are shown Channel +1hr. Where both the original and the delayed channel are broadcast from the same transponder, this is shown in one entry as Channel [also +1hr].

UK Beam

Tp41 10.714 GHz H 22000 5/6:

Channel 4 London
Channel 4 South & East
Channel 4 Midlands
Channel 4 North
Channel 4 Northern Ireland
Channel 4 Scotland
Film4 [also +1hr]
More4 +1hr

Tp42 10.729 GHz V 22000 5/6:

E4 [also +1hr]
Channel 4 London +1hr
Channel 4 South & East +1hr
Channel 4 Midlands +1hr
Channel 4 North +1hr
Channel 4 Northern Ireland +1hr
Channel 4 Scotland +1hr
More4

Tp43 10.744 GHz H 22000 5/6 (encrypted in Videoguard):

Oireachtas TV
RTÉ Junior
RTÉ One
RTÉ Two
RTÉ Two HD
TG4
TV3
.
RTÉ Radio 1
RTÉ Radio 2
RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta
RTÉ Lyric

Tp44 10.758 GHz V 22000 5/6:

CITV
ITV 2
ITV 4 [also +1hr]
ITV Be
ITV London
ITV Granada
ITV Anglia East [also +1hr]
ITV Central West
ITV Meridian East +1hr

Tp45 10.773 GHz H 22000 5/6:

CBeebies
BBC Four
BBC One Channel Islands
BBC One Cambridge
BBC One London
BBC One West
BBC Two England

Tp46 10.788 GHz V 22000 5/6:

BBC One E. Yorks & Lincs
BBC One East East
BBC One East Midlands
BBC One West Midlands
BBC One Wales
BBC Two Wales
BBC Parliament
.
BBC Radio 3
BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 6 Music
BBC Radio Cymru
BBC Radio nan Gàidheal
BBC Radio Scotland
BBC Radio Wales
BBC Radio Ulster
BBC World Service

Tp47 10.803 GHz H 22000 5/6:

BBC Alba
BBC One Scotland
BBC One North East & Cumbria
BBC One North West
BBC One South East
BBC One Yorkshire & North Midlands
BBC Two Scotland
.
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1Extra
BBC Radio 2
BBC Radio 5 Live
BBC Radio Sports Extra
BBC Asian Network
BBC London

Tp48 10.818 GHz V 22000 5/6:

BBC Three
CBBC Channel
BBC News
BBC One Northern Ireland
BBC One Oxford
BBC One South
BBC One South West
BBC Two Northern Ireland

Tp50 10.847 GHz V 23000 2/3 DVB-S2:

CBBC HD
BBC One HD
BBC One Northern Ireland HD
BBC Two HD
BBC Three HD

Tp51 10.862 GHz H 23000 2/3 DVB-S2 (encrypted in Videoguard):

Sky Movies Box Office HD
Sky On Demand HD
Sky Sports News HQ Ireland HD
Sky Sports 1 HD

Tp52 10.876 GHz V 22000 5/6 (encrypted in Videoguard):

Sky Movies Box Office

Tp53 10.891 GHz H 22000 5/6:

ITV Be +1hr
ITV Border
ITV Central West +1hr
ITV Encore (Videoguard)
ITV London +1hr
ITV Meridian South
ITV Meridian East
ITV Westcountry South West +1hr
ITV Tyne Tees
ITV Yorkshire West
ITV2 +1hr

Tp54 10.906 GHz V 22000 5/6:

ITV 3 [also +1hr]
ITV Channel Television
ITV Encore +1hr (Videoguard)
ITV Granada +1hr
ITV Westcountry South West
STV East
STV North
STV Tayside
STV West
UTV

Tp56 10.936 GHz V 23000 2/3 DVB-S2 (encrypted in Videoguard):

Alibi HD
Dave HD
RTÉ One
Star Plus HD
Watch HD

Tp113 11.386 GHz H 27500 2/3:

CBS Action
Heat TV
Horror Channel +1hr
Jewellery Maker
Magic TV
Showbiz TV

Tp114 11.386 GHz V 27500 2/3:

ARY News
Believe TV
Brit Asia TV
Flow TV
Islam Channel
Jewellery Channel
MATV National
SBN Int'l
Thane

Tp116 11.426 GHz V 27500 2/3:

ARY QTV
Bloomberg TV
CBS Reality
CNC English
Dunya News
Food Network [also +1hr]
France 24
Tru TV
TV5Monde

European Beam

Tp2 11.739 GHz V 29500 3/4 DVB-S2 (encrypted in Videoguard):

E! HD
LFC TV HD
Sky Insider HD
Sky On Demand HD
Syfy HD
Universal Channel HD

Tp3 11.758 GHz H 29500 3/4 DVB-S2 (encrypted in Videoguard):

Animal Planet HD
Disney XD HD
Boomerang HD
RTÉ 2 HD
TV3 HD

Tp5 11.798 GHz H 29500 3/4 DVB-S2 (encrypted in Videoguard):

Channel 5 HD
Sky Living HD
Sky Sports 1 HD
Sky Sports News HQ HD

Tp7 11.836 GHz H 27500 2/3 (encrypted in Videoguard):

H2
Challenge [also +1hr]
Challenge Ireland
Forces TV
TV3 +1hr
Sky Movies Box Office

Tp8 11.856 GHz V 29500 3/4 DVB-S2 (encrypted in Videoguard):

British Eurosport HD
British Eurosport 2 HD
E4 HD
Fox HD

Tp9 11.876 GHz H 27500 2/3 (encrypted in Videoguard):

Animal Planet
Discovery Channel [also +1hr]
Discovery History
Discovery Home & Health
Discovery Science
Discovery Turbo
Investigation Discovery Ireland
Quest
TLC Ireland
TLC UK

Tp10 11.895 GHz V 27500 2/3 (encrypted in Videoguard):

MTV [also +1hr]
MTV Base
MTV Classic
MTV Dance
MTV Hits
MTV Ireland
MTV Music
MTV Rocks
VH-1
Viva UK (unencrypted)

Tp11 11.914 GHz H 27500 2/3 (encrypted in Videoguard):

Sky Atlantic
Disney Channel [also +1hr]
Disney Junior [also +1hr]
Disney XD [also +1hr]
Pick
Sky Sports 3-5

Tp12 11.934 GHz V 27500 2/3 (encrypted in Videoguard):

Sky Movies Action & Adventure
Sky Movies Comedy
Sky Movies Crime & Thriller
Sky Movies Disney
Sky Movies Drama & Romance
Sky Movies Family
Sky Movies Greats
Sky Movies Premiere [also +1hr]
Sky Movies Sci-Fi & Horror
Sky Movies Select

Tp13 11.954 GHz H 27500 2/3:

QVC
QVC Beauty
QVC Extra
QVC Style

Tp15 11.992 GHz H 27500 2/3 (encrypted in Videoguard):

Alibi Ireland
Alibi UK +1hr
Dave Ireland
Dave ja vu
Eden +1hr
GOLD Ireland
GOLD UK +1hr
Good Food Channel +1hr
Home +1hr
Watch Ireland
Watch UK +1hr
Yesterday +1hr

Tp16 12.012 GHz V 29500 3/4 DVB-S2 (encrypted in Videoguard):

Sky Movies Crime * Thriller HD
Sky Movies Family HD
Sky Movies Premiere HD
Sky Movies Select HD
Ulster TV Ireland HD

Tp18 12.051 GHz V 27500 2/3 (encrypted in Videoguard):

Box Nation HD
SET Asia

Tp19 12.070 GHz H 27500 5/6 (encrypted in Videoguard):

Sky Sports Active 1-9

Tp20 12.090 GHz V 27500 3/4 DVB-S2 (encrypted in Videoguard):

Comedy Central HD
Eden HD
MTV HD
National Geographic HD
Nickelodeon HD

Tp33 12.344 GHz H 29500 3/4 DVB-S2 (encrypted in Videoguard):

Sky 1
Sky Atlantic HD
Sky Sports 2 HD
Sky Sports 4 HD

Tp34 12.363 GHz V 29500 3/4 DVB-S2 (encrypted in Videoguard):

Discovery Channel HD
Sky Sports 3 HD
Sky Sports F1 HD

Tp38 12.441 GHz V 29500 3/4 DVB-S2:

Astra UHD

Tp39 12.460 GHz H 29500 3/4 DVB-S2 (encrypted in Videoguard):

Sky Arts 1 HD
Sky Movies Showcase HD
Sky News HD
Sky Sports 5 HD

Tp40 12.480 GHz V 27500 2/3 (encrypted in Videoguard):

4Music
Channel 4 Ireland [also +1hr]
E4 Ireland [also +1hr]
Kerrang! (unencrypted)
Kiss (unencrypted)
More4 Ireland
Smash! Hits TV (unencrypted)
The Box (unencrypted)

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "ASTRA 2E Satellite details 2013-056A NORAD 39285". N2YO. 25 January 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
↑ "ASTRA 2E successfully launched" (Press release). SES. September 30, 2013. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
↑ "Astra 2E at REAL TIME SATELLITE TRACKING AND PREDICTIONS". Retrieved 30 December 2013.
↑ "SES’s ASTRA 2E SATELLITE GOES LIVE at 28.2/28.5 DEGREES EAST OVER EMEA" (Press release). SES. January 31, 2014. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
↑ Changes to BBC satellite transponders in 2013 December 12, 2012. BBC Distribution blog. Accessed July 16, 2013
↑ "SES Orders Four New Satellites From ASTRIUM" (Press release). SES. 30 November 2009. Retrieved August 28, 2012.
↑ "SES SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHES ASTRA 2F SATELLITE" (Press release). SES. October 1, 2012. Retrieved October 1, 2012.
↑ "ASTRA 2G SATELLITE ROARS INTO ORBIT" (Press release). SES. November 28, 2014. Retrieved January 1, 2015.
↑ ASTRA 2F arrives at the Guiana Space Centre, Kourou August 23, 2012. SES blog. Accessed August 26, 2012
1 2 Astra 2E factsheet on www.ses.com Accessed October 30, 2013
↑ Ten things about ASTRA 2E July 1, 2013. SES blog. Accessed July 16, 2013
↑ Bains, Geoff. "Flight of the Big Birds" What Satellite & Digital TV February 2012 pp29
↑ http://www.ses.com/15533195/ten-things-about-astra-2e
↑ "SES’ ASTRA 2E SATELLITE SHIPPED TO BAIKONUR COSMODROME FOR JULY 21 LAUNCH" (Press release). SES. June 16, 2013. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
↑ Russian Proton-M rocket crashes, erupts in ball of fire July 2, 2013. Russia Today website report. Accessed July 26, 2013
↑ Incorrect installation of angular rate sensors behind July 2 Proton-M crash - commission findings July 18, 2013. Interfax. Accessed September 30, 2013
↑ "Astra 2E at 28.2°E". LyngSat. Retrieved July 22, 2015.

External links

SES - Official trade/industry site
OnAstra - Official consumers/viewers' site
SES guide to receiving Astra satellites
SES guide to channels broadcasting on Astra satellites
Astra 2E Reception Overseas

SES Astra satellites

Astra 1	Astra 1A Astra 1B Astra 1C Astra 1D Astra 1E Astra 1F Astra 1G Astra 1H Astra 1K Astra 1KR Astra 1L Astra 1M Astra 1N

Astra 2	Astra 2A Astra 2B Astra 2C Astra 2D Astra 2E Astra 2F Astra 2G

Astra 3	Astra 3A Astra 3B

Astra 4	Astra 4A SES-5 / Astra 4B

Astra 5	Astra 5A Astra 5B

Other	AMC-12 (as Astra 4A) Sirius 3

Boxes	5.0°E 19.2°E 28.2°E 23.5°E 31.5°E

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Payloads are separated by bullets ( · ), launches by pipes ( \| ). Manned flights are indicated in bold text. Uncatalogued launch failures are listed in italics. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are denoted in (brackets).

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