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New satellite Astra 1N being launched 1st July 2011 — 2 Comments

  1. Astra 1N was successfully launched last night.
    Astra 1N was successfully launched earlier today (00.52 CET, August 7) from the French Guiana Space Centre on board an Ariane 5 ECA rocket.
    Test will commence soon, with the satellite going live in September.
    According to the satellite footprints Astra 1N has three beams…one “spot / narrow beam” and two pan european beams.
    Looking at the maps, it looks like the “spot beams” reception will be similar to Astra 2d, the satellite where BBC1 and BBC2 are located.
    The two Pan euorpean beams reception looks to be good over most of Spain on an 80cm dish.

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