Astra 1K

Summary

Astra 1K is a communications satellite^[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of communications_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Astra 1K is in the country of Luxembourg^[3].
• Astra 1K's instance of is recorded as communications satellite^[4].
• Astra 1K's instance of is recorded as former entity^[5].
• Astra 1K's operator is recorded as SES Astra^[6].
• Astra 1K's manufacturer is recorded as Alcatel Space^[7].
• Astra 1K's COSPAR ID is recorded as 2002-053A^[8].
• Astra 1K's part of is recorded as Astra^[9].
• Astra 1K's space launch vehicle is recorded as Proton-K^[10].
• Astra 1K's SCN is recorded as 27557^[11].
• Astra 1K's country of origin is recorded as France^[12].
• Astra 1K's powered by is recorded as spacecraft solar array^[13].
• Astra 1K's powered by is recorded as S400^[14].
• Astra 1K's powered by is recorded as SPT-100^[15].
• Astra 1K's type of orbit is recorded as geostationary orbit^[16].
• Astra 1K's type of orbit is recorded as low Earth orbit^[17].
• Astra 1K's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +2002-11-25T00:00:00Z^[18].
• Astra 1K's time of object orbit decay is recorded as +2002-12-10T00:00:00Z^[19].
• Astra 1K's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02vm1js^[20].
• Astra 1K's spacecraft bus is recorded as Spacebus-3000B3S^[21].
• Astra 1K's significant event is recorded as rocket launch^[22].
• Astra 1K's significant event is recorded as launch failure^[23].
• Astra 1K's significant event is recorded as deorbit^[24].
• Astra 1K's space tug is recorded as Blok DM-2M^[25].
• Astra 1K's start point is recorded as Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 81/23^[26].
• Astra 1K's different from is recorded as Astra^[27].

Why It Matters

Astra 1K ranks in the top 6% of communications_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28]