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ASTRA 1L
European Direct-Broadcast Television (19.2°E) · SES Astra
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Part of the Astra 19.2°E fleet — the most watched satellite position in Europe. Every German watching RTL, ProSieben, or Sky Deutschland via satellite is receiving their signal from an Astra satellite at 19.2°E. Astra-1L's high-power transponders carry the German-speaking European television market's most-watched channels, making it part of the infrastructure serving roughly 20 million German satellite TV households — the largest national satellite television market in Europe.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,229–22,255 mi (35,774–35,815 km)
- Inclination
- 1.6°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 31306
- Int’l designator
- 2007-016A
- Launched
- 2007
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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