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ASTRA 5B
Eastern European / Turkish Broadcasting · SES Astra
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An Astra satellite at 31.5°E providing Ku-band broadcasting for Eastern Europe, Turkey, and the Middle East. Astra-5B expands SES's coverage into markets beyond the core Western European DTH business — serving Turkish broadcasting, Eastern European cable distribution, and Middle Eastern communications from a position between SES's European core and Eutelsat's Middle East coverage.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,233–22,250 mi (35,780–35,808 km)
- Inclination
- 0.1°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 39617
- Int’l designator
- 2014-011B
- Launched
- 2014
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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