upcoming launch astra 2e July

[solly]

as soon news and photo of astra 2e

 

[Captain Jack]

Ooooh. That'll be interesting for the ex-pats.

 

[adonis1]

I'm sorry for low resolution images .(Astra 2E launch poster)

 

[Captain Jack]

Maybe soon, in UK, we'll be able to receive this spot with just the LNB?

 

[solly]

Successful launch of the Russian carrier rocket Proton satellite SES 6 is good news for satellite operator SES (Astra) and its customers. SES has therefore can prepare for the next start Proton - this time with Astra 2E satellite.
Astra 2E is the second telecommunications satellite SES (Astra), which will become part of renewal and expansion of service at the orbital position 28.2 ° E . Satellite takes all the services of the British volume of Astra 1N. Now the satellite is now providing a very favorable coverage and attractive spreads the British public and commercial channels such as BBC and ITV and the satellite will change fundamental changes in income popular UK programs in Central Europe.
Satellite Astra 2E will be in the British volume similarly limited coverage outside the British Isles as Astra 2F . End up with us receiving stations BBC and ITV parabolas with small sizes (from 80 cm).

 

[Huevos]

That'll be interesting for the ex-pats.

Don't start! :-HB :-Nooo

 

[trigger]

It's a bit like waiting for Christmas when you were little - you have sent Santa a letter, you know what your hoping for, you have an idea what you might get, but until that day comes you don't really know!!

 

[Piltdownpaul]

And the you get an orange in your stocking.......

 

[Juan69]

Or even worse a lump of coal.

 

[timo_w2s]

Or in my case, be thankful you even get that... (Since none of the official footprints cover Finland)

 

[Captain Jack]

With your super Internet, Timo, you don't need satellite. IPTV is the way forward! You're in good location for Russian exotica if you ever wanted to start learning Russian

 

[timo_w2s]

With your super Internet, Timo, you don't need satellite. IPTV is the way forward! You're in good location for Russian exotica if you ever wanted to start learning Russian

Except my balcony faces west.

Perhaps if BT hurry up with FTTC I can consider using a Slingbox with my UK Sky box one day...

 

[solly]

we wish astra 2e arrive more expande to 1n

 

[solly]

In about five weeks will be brought Astra 2E satellite for the Luxembourg satellite operator SES (Astra). The launch is tentatively scheduled for 19 July 2013. In this day start carrying a Russian Proton M rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
For liftoff satellite will be responsible company International Launch Services (ILS).
Astra 2E was made by Astrium based on the Eurostar E3000 platform, the latest version of the Eurostar series. The expected lifetime is 15 years.

 

[solly]

Telecommunications satellites Astra 2E / «Astra 2E", made EADS Astrium (France) to order satellite operator SES (luxemburg) came to Baikonur to prepare for the launch on the carrier rocket "Proton-M" (upper stage "Briz-M ").
Transport aircraft AN-124 Astra 2E spacecraft and ground support equipment (IEE) has landed at the airport "Jubilee" spaceport in the morning of June 14.
A few hours later, after the customs check and unloading at the destination airport, the container with the spacecraft and HBO on the inner rail line was taken to the launch site assembly and testing building pad 92A-50 launch site.
The spacecraft will set a bench in the finishing chamber 103 Mica, where in the next few days it will begin self test. They include a series of electrical and functional inspections, and refueling unit propellants.

 

[trigger]

Thank You Solly for these great posts

 

[solly]

ils start update website about launch astra 2e

 

[solly]

Eleven days after the successful launch of the SES-6 satellite on board an ILS Proton booster, SES S.A. (NYSE Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG) is pleased to announce that the ASTRA 2E satellite has safely arrived at the ...

Eleven days after the successful launch of the SES-6 satellite on board an ILS Proton booster, SES S.A. (NYSE Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG) is pleased to announce that the ASTRA 2E satellite has safely arrived at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The spacecraft will now be processed for a July 21st launch (local time Baikonur) on board a Proton launch vehicle.
ASTRA 2E was built for SES by Astrium of France. Based on the highly reliable Eurostar E3000 platform, the spacecraft will carry 60 Ku-band transponders, as well as 3 wideband Ka-band transponders. It will enable the delivery of next generation broadcast and broadband services in Europe, the Middle East and Africa at the neighborhood of 28.2° East. ASTRA 2E will have a launch mass of 6 tonnes, a wingspan of 40m once its solar arrays are deployed in orbit, and a spacecraft power of 13kW at the end of its 15-year design lifetime.
ASTRA 2E will be the seventh Eurostar satellite in the SES fleet, following the successful launch of SES-6 in June 2013 and ASTRA 2F in September 2012.

 

[solly]

^{The upper stage "Breeze-M" to launch a communications satellite "Astra 2E" delivered to Baikonur}
^18.06.2013
^{The upper stage "Breeze-M", which will be used as part of a space rocket "Proton-M" to the orbit of the spacecraft "Astra 2E", taken from the Khrunichev. Khrunichev to Baikonur.}
^{Transport aircraft AN-124-100 of airline "Flight" with the upper stage on board arrived at the airport "Jubilee" Baikonur today at 9:00 MSK 18 min.}
^{After unloading, the upper stage transported to the site in Baikonur facility 92 92A-50 ("MIC"). "Breeze-M" will establish a stand in the finishing room, where experts Khrunichev. Khrunichev hold a stand-alone test all of its systems and prepare the upper stage to the assembly with the spacecraft.}
^{The contract for the use of the carrier rocket "Proton-M" for telecommunications spacecraft launch Astra 2E / «Astra 2E" made ​​EADS Astrium (France) to order satellite operator SES (Lyukskemburg), signed the Russian-American joint venture International Launch Services Inc. (Reston, USA).}

 

[adonis1]

Launch poster of astra 2e ( higher resolusion)