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{{Short description|Communications satellite}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{Infobox spaceflight
| name = Astra 1F
| names_list =
| image =
| image_caption =
| image_size = 300px
| mission_type = [[Communications satellite|Communications]]
 
| mission_typeoperator = [[CommunicationsSES satellite(company)|CommunicationsSES]]
| COSPAR_ID = 1996-021A
| operator = [[SES S.A.|Société Européenne des Satellites]] / [[SES S.A.]]
| COSPAR_IDSATCAT = 1996-021A23842
| SATCATwebsite = 23842https://www.ses.com/
| mission_duration = 15 years (planned)<br/>{{time24 interval|8years, April7 1996|show=ymd|sep=,}}months (elapsedachieved)▼
| website = https://www.ses.com/
| dimensionsspacecraft = ▼
▲| mission_duration = 15 years (planned)<br/>{{time interval|8 April 1996|show=ymd|sep=,}} (elapsed)
| spacecraft_busspacecraft_type = [[Boeing 601|HS-601]]▼
 
| spacecraftspacecraft_bus = [[Boeing = 601|HS-601]]
| spacecraft_typemanufacturer = [[Boeing 601Satellite Systems|Hughes Space and Communications]]
| launch_mass = {{cvt|3010|kg}}
▲| spacecraft_bus = [[Boeing 601|HS-601]]
| deactivateddry_mass = ▼
| manufacturer = [[Boeing Satellite Systems|Hughes Space and Communications]]
| launch_massdimensions = {{cvt|3010|kg}}
| dry_masspower = 4.7 [[Watt|kW]]
| launch_date = 8 April 1996, 23:09:01 [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]▼
▲| dimensions =
| powerlaunch_rocket = [[Proton-K]] = 4.7/ [[WattBlok D|kWDM-2M]]
| launch_site = [[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]], [[Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 81|Site 81/23]]▼
 
| launch_contractor = [[Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center]]▼
▲| launch_date = 8 April 1996, 23:09:01 [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]
| entered_service = June 1996▼
| launch_rocket = [[Proton-K]] / [[Blok D|DM-2M]]
| disposal_type = [[Graveyard orbit]]▼
▲| launch_site = [[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]], [[Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 81|Site 81/23]]
| deactivated = November 2020
▲| launch_contractor = [[Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center]]
| last_contact =
 
| orbit_reference = [[Geocentric orbit]]<ref name="n2yo">{{cite web|url=http://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=23842|title=ASTRA 1F|website=www.n2yo.com|access-date=7 April 2021}}</ref>▼
▲| entered_service = June 1996
| orbit_regime = [[Geostationary orbit]]▼
▲| disposal_type =
| orbit_longitude = [[Astra 19.2°E]] (1996-2009)<br>51°E (2009-20100<br>55°E (2010-2015)<br>44.5°E (2015-2020)
▲| deactivated =
| last_contactapsis = gee
| trans_band = 16 [[Ku band|Ku-band]]
 
| trans_frequency = ▼
▲| orbit_reference = [[Geocentric orbit]]<ref name="n2yo">{{cite web|url=http://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=23842|title=ASTRA 1F|website=www.n2yo.com|access-date=7 April 2021}}</ref>
| trans_bandwidth = FSS: 26 [[Hertz|Mhz]]<br/>BSS: 33 MHz▼
▲| orbit_regime = [[Geostationary orbit]]
| orbit_longitudetrans_capacity = 19.2° East=
| apsis trans_coverage = geeEurope
| programme = [[SES Astra (satellite)|Astra constellation]]▼
 
| trans_band previous_mission = 16 [[KuAstra band|Ku-band1E]]
| next_mission = [[Astra 1G]]▼
▲| trans_frequency =
▲| trans_bandwidth = FSS: 26 [[Hertz|Mhz]]<br/>BSS: 33 MHz
| trans_capacity =
| trans_coverage = [[Europe]]
 
▲| programme = [[SES Astra|Astra constellation]]
| previous_mission = [[Astra 1E]]
▲| next_mission = [[Astra 1G]]
}}
 
'''Astra 1F''' is one of the [[Astra (satellites)|Astra]] [[communications satellite]]s in [[geostationary orbit]] owned and operated by [[SES S.A.(company)|SES]]. It was launched in April 1996 to the [[Astra 19.2°E]] orbital slot initially to provide digital television and radio for [[Satellite television|direct-to-home]] (DTH) across [[Europe]].
 
The satellite originally provided two broadcast beams, of horizontal and vertical [[Polarization (waves)|polarisation]], for [[Fixed Service Satellite]] (FSS) (10.70-10.95 [[Hertz|GHz]]) and for [[Broadcast Satellite Service]] (BSS) (11.70-12.10&nbsp;GHz) frequency bands. The FSS beams provide [[Footprint (satellite)|footprints]] that cover essentially the same area of Europe – northern, central and eastern Europe, including [[Spain]] and northern [[Italy]] – while the BSS horizontal beam excludes Spain and extends further east, and the BSS vertical beam includes Spain and more of southern Italy but does not extend so far east. Within the footprints, television signals are usually received with a 60–80&nbsp;cm dish.<ref name="Gunter">{{cite web|url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/astra-1e.htm|title=Astra 1E, 1F|publisher=Gunter's Space Page|date=11 December 2017|access-date=7 April 2021|website=space.skyrocket.de}}</ref>
 
== See also ==
{{Portal|Spaceflight}}
* [[Astra (satellites)|Astra]] satellite family
* [[SES S.A.(company)|SES]] satellite (operator)
* [[SES Broadband]] Internet service
 
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== External links ==
* [httphttps://www.onastrases.com/16848621/how-to-receive#! official SES guide to receiving Astra satelliteswebsite]
* [httphttps://www.onastrases.com/channelour-guide/index.phpcoverage SES guidefleet toinformation channelsand broadcasting on Astra satellitesmap]
* [httphttps://www.ses-broadband.com/case-study/astra SES BroadbandAstra website]▼
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100702192639/http://www.onastra.com/ OnAstra] - Official consumers/viewers' site
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20210412055530/https://www.astra.ses/channels SES guide to channels broadcasting on Astra satellites (archived)]
* [http://www.ses.com/ SES] - Official trade/industry site
▲* [http://www.ses-broadband.com SES Broadband website]
 
{{SES Astra}}
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