If there are no changes of útlima hour, the new satellite Astra 1L will be thrown to the space next April 13 from the Cosmodrome of Kouru, in the French Guyana for a rocket shuttle Ariane 5.

The Astra 1L will be provided with 29 transpondedores in band Ku and 2 in band Ka. His mission is that of replacing the old man Astra 1E in the position geostacionaria of 19,2nd East.

The Astra 1E is the most ancient satellite of the fleet of SES still operative Astra in 19,2nd East. At present it is active to give service only to nine channels of television, all of them still under the analogical system. It is a question of Phoenix (frequency 11.009-V MHz), WDR Fernsehen Sat (frequency 11.053-H), Live (frequency 11.127-V MHz), Sonnenklar TV (11.464-H MHz), DSF (frequency 11.523-H MHz), TV 5 (frequency 11.553-H MHz), NDR Fernsehen Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (frequency 11.582-H MHz), MTV Germany (frequency 11.612-H MHz), N-TV (frequency 11.641-H MHz) and RBB Brandenburg (frequency 11.656-V MHz).


(15/02/07)