ASTRA Telecom Satellite Safely In Orbit
A UPI news brief, via PhysOrg.com, reports that:
Signal from ASTRA's latest telecom satellite was acquired late Thursday following launch from Cape Canaveral, Fla.More here.
The ASTRA-1KR was carried into geosynchronous orbit at 19.2 degrees east by an International Launch Systems Atlas rocket and began transmitting about an hour later to the Lockheed Martin tracking station in Australia.
ASTRA-1KR is the 29th of Lockheed Martin's A2100 satellites delivered worldwide and the 13th satellite in ASTRA's fleet. It comes equipped with 32 transponders that will deliver direct-to-home broadcast to Europe.
posted by Fergie @ 4/21/2006 08:36:00 AM
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