Astra 1H is one of the Astra

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s owned and operated by

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History

SES ordered its Hughes 601HP satellite, in 1995 for Astra 1H.

Launch

Astra-1H was launched on 18 June 1999 at 01:49:30 UTC, by a

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/ DM-2M launch vehicle, from Site 81/23 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in

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. It was maneuvered into a geostationary orbit at 19.2° East of

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References

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