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Astra 5A
Failed geostationary communications satellite. Astra 5A was launched on November 12, 1997 aboard a Ariane 44L from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: renamed (May 1, 2007).
COSPAR 1997-071ANORAD 25049Sweden
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Sirius 2
- Common name
- Astra 5A
- International designator
- 1997-071A
- NORAD catalog number
- 25049
- GCAT identifier
- S25049
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/336
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- Sirius
- Owner
- NSAB
- Country
- Sweden
- Builder
- Aerospatiale-Cannes
- Platform (bus)
- Spacebus 3000B2
Launch
- Date
- November 12, 1997 · 21:48 UTC
- Launch record
- 1997-071Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 44L
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,783 km
- Apogee
- 35,789 km
- Inclination
- 0.04°
- Status
- Renamed
- Status date
- May 1, 2007
- Last known active
- August 2006
- End of operations
- January 2009
Size
- Mass
- 2,920 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,245 kg
- Length
- 3.5 m
- Diameter
- 2.30 m
- Span
- 29.0 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q750296 (CC0).