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on 29 April 2008. The Astra 5A satellite mission ended on 16 January 2009 due to an abnormal condition with the spacecraft.
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in October 2008, the name of the satellite was Sirius 5. SES Sirius was acquired by SES in 2010 and the company was named
190:(Sirius 4) at 5.0° East. This satellite provides a similar European and African coverage as Astra 4A. When ordered by the 133:
A fourth satellite, Sirius 4, was ordered in 2005 and launched at 22:39:47 UTC on 17 November 2007. It carries 52 active
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which has used the Sirius satellites for their digital platform since its launch.
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transponders with beams targeting both the Nordic region and all of Europe.
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satellite. SES-5 that was launched in July 2012 and is now co-located with
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The Sirius satellites are not the satellites used for the American
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on 14 September 2000. Satellite was retired in 2015 and moved to a
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system, along with several pay TV packages for Eastern Europe, the
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Sirius 3 was stationed at 51.2° East at the end if its lifetime (
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satellite operations). The satellite had previously operated as
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in June 2010, when the SES took full ownership and control of
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due to being launched after the Sirius fleet of satellites.
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It is of the model 225:British Satellite Broadcasting 13: 1: 393: 253:Sirius 2 was manufactured by 146:Lockheed Martin Space Systems 123: 443:. Khrunichev. Archived from 66:, owner and operator of the 7: 591:GPX (secondary coordinates) 322: 242: 210: 177: 128: 10: 690: 246: 108:channels and the national 29: 586:GPX (primary coordinates) 561:Map all coordinates using 507:, Lyngsat, archived from 441:"Sirius-4 Specifications" 44:communications satellites 569:Download coordinates as: 366:, pending the launch of 217:British Sky Broadcasting 166:Sirius 4 was renamed to 30:Not to be confused with 42:was a constellation of 384:Sirius Satellite Radio 378:Sirius Satellite Radio 32:Sirius Satellite Radio 654:SES fleet information 632:2 August 2009 at the 620:2 August 2009 at the 608:2 August 2009 at the 581:GPX (all coordinates) 429:on 13 November 2007. 77:to the countries of 75:satellite television 18:Sirius 1 (satellite) 650:- Official SES site 511:on 15 November 2012 447:on 2 December 2007. 342: /  299: /  52:geostationary orbit 504:Sirius 3 at 51.2°E 408:Spaceflight portal 257:and launched from 206:Retired satellites 16:(Redirected from 681: 548: 547: 540: 534: 533: 526: 520: 519: 518: 516: 499: 493: 492: 490: 488: 477: 471: 470: 468: 466: 455: 449: 448: 437: 431: 430: 419: 410: 405: 404: 403: 357: 356: 354: 353: 352: 347: 343: 340: 339: 338: 335: 314: 313: 311: 310: 309: 304: 300: 297: 296: 295: 292: 280:It was moved to 221:Sky Television's 116:channel service 93:, including the 70:). 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Retrieved 453: 445:the original 435: 427:the original 417: 388:Radiosat 1-4 381: 326: 279: 255:Aérospatiale 252: 223:merger with 214: 181: 165: 154: 138:transponders 132: 46:operated at 39: 38: 36: 644:at SatBeams 515:24 November 349: / 306: / 269:and has 32 233:Marcopolo 1 118:free-to-air 79:Scandinavia 663:Categories 544:"Sirius 3" 487:26 January 465:26 January 394:References 346:0°N 51.2°E 303:0°N 31.5°E 282:31.5° East 192:SES Sirius 172:SES Sirius 124:Satellites 114:Lithuanian 60:SES Sirius 239:in 2003. 200:SES Astra 106:Ukrainian 54:(GEO) by 48:5.0° East 630:Archived 618:Archived 606:Archived 368:Astra 2B 364:Astra 2A 358:) in an 323:Sirius 3 317:Astra 5A 249:Astra 5A 243:Sirius 2 211:Sirius 1 188:Astra 4A 178:Sirius 5 168:Astra 4A 152:design. 129:Sirius 4 351:0; 51.2 337:51°12′E 308:0; 31.5 294:31°30′E 150:A2100AX 142:Ka-band 135:Ku-band 110:Latvian 72:digital 58:(later 639:Sirius 334:0°00′N 291:0°00′N 263:Tele-X 259:Kourou 219:after 196:Sweden 194:AB of 157:Viasat 98:pay TV 95:Viasat 91:Africa 40:Sirius 275:-band 229:Astra 184:SES-5 102:TopTV 517:2012 489:2012 467:2012 159:and 112:and 89:and 56:NSAB 648:SES 576:KML 64:SES 50:in 665:: 374:. 174:. 120:. 85:, 81:, 546:. 491:. 469:. 284:( 273:u 271:K 34:. 20:)

Index

Sirius 1 (satellite)
Sirius Satellite Radio
communications satellites
5.0° East
geostationary orbit
NSAB
SES Sirius
SES
Astra satellites
digital
satellite television
Scandinavia
Baltic states
Eastern Europe
Africa
Viasat
pay TV
TopTV
Ukrainian
Latvian
Lithuanian
free-to-air
Ku-band
transponders
Ka-band
Lockheed Martin Space Systems
A2100AX
Viasat
Viasat Ukraine
Astra 4A

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