ASTRA 5B

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ASTRA 5B is classified as:

Geostationary

NORAD ID: 39617

Int'l Code: 2014-011B

Perigee: 35,775.3 km

Apogee: 35,812.7 km

Inclination: 0.1 °

Period: 1,436.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 42164 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: March 22, 2014
Source: SOCIETE EUROPEENNE DES SATELLITES (SES)
Launch site: FRENCH GUIANA (FRGUI)

ASTRA 5B is set to replace ASTRA 1G at the 31.5 degrees east location. The spacecraft hosts 40 Ku-band transponders and six Ka-band transponders to expand direct-to-home television services over Eastern Europe, Russia and neighboring markets. ASTRA 5B, based on the Airbus Defence and Space Eurostar E3000 satellite bus, is flying with a hosted L-band navigation payload for the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service, which augments GPS navigation signals over Europe for specialty users such as the aviation and surveying industries.

1 39617U 14011B   21292.73759082  .00000148  00000-0  00000-0 0  9993
2 39617   0.0832 298.6587 0004438 270.5109 116.3045  1.00270988 27609

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC