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ASTRA 1M Satellite Successfully Launched
SES ASTRA, an SES company (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG), is pleased to announce that its new ASTRA 1M satellite has been successfully launched into orbit. ASTRA 1M roared into space onboard a Proton Breeze M launch vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, yesterday evening at 21.44 (02.44 am local time today). The satellite will be brought into its final orbital position within the next weeks and will be made commercially available in January after extensive in-orbit testing.
ASTRA 1M will be located at SES ASTRAs prime orbital position 19.2 degrees East for delivering Direct-to-Home (DTH) services including HDTV to Continental Europe. The ASTRA satellite fleet delivers high quality broadcasting to over 117 million European homes.

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ASTRA-1M Blasts Off from Baikonur atop Proton-M



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Satellit Astra 1M erfolgreich gestartet
In der Nacht zum Donnerstag, 06. November 2008 (21.44 Uhr MEZ) wurde vom Weltraumbahnhof Baikonur (Kasachstan) der Satellit Astra 1M, des Luxemburger Satellitenbetreibers SES Astra, mit einer einer Trägerrakete vom Typ Proton Breeze M, des Konsortiums ILS, erfolgreich in den Orbit befördert.

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"The launch was carried out normally at 23.44 MST, the estimated time of automatic spacecraft separation from the carrier rocket is planned at 8.56 MST, Thursday" - Spokesperson for the Russian space agency

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All systems nominal

Briz-M separation

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All systems nominal

Separation of the first stage

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An ILS Proton-M rocket with the ASTRA 1M  satellite has successfully launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan at 20:44 GMT,  5th November, 2008.

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