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ASTRA 1A

NORAD 19688 · Payload · In orbit since 1988

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Launched
1988-12-11 · Kourou, French Guiana
Country / operator
SES (Europe)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Communications
Mass
977 kg
Size
3.2 × 1.5 m · 19.3 m deployed
Perigee × Apogee
36,267 × 36,408 km
Inclination
14.8°
Period
1464.0 min
Eccentricity
0.0017
Orbit data
Reconstructed from catalog orbit

Mass, size and purpose from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).

Same launch

Other objects cataloged from the same launch day and site: co-passengers and the rocket body.