What position is Astra 2?
28.2° East position
Astra 2E is the second of three “second generation” satellites for the 28.2° East position to replace the first generation Astra 2A, Astra 2B, Astra 2C and Astra 2D craft originally positioned there between 1998 and 2001.
Has Astra 2 moved?
Astra 2C will be moved back to 28.2º. Astra 2A will remain in position. Astra 2B is out of service in a temporary position and will eventually be at 19º East.
How far away is the Astra satellite?
The reason BBC was poor on some boxes is that the dishes were wrong and not that one sat was more powerful than the other. Look at your signal strength/qualit and that is the answer. Astra is something like 27,000 miles up in space and the idea of grouping sats together is that they appear as one from earth.
What satellites can I receive?
The overwhelmingly majority of satellite dishes installed in the UK are for Sky TV and Freesat which both also trade under different names including Sky+, Sky+HD, Sky Q & Freetime. For each of these services the same satellites are used. There are the Astra 2 satellites at 28.2E and the Eurobird satellite at 28.5E.
Where is the location of the Astra 2D satellite?
Astra 2D is one of the Astra communications satellites owned and operated by SES, and located at 28.2° east in the Clarke Belt till June 2015. It is a Hughes HS-376 craft, and was launched from the Guiana Space Centre in December 2000 to join Astra 2A and Astra 2B at 28.2°E, where it remained for its active life.
How to find 28.2°E-Astra 2A with SAT direction?
In order to locate 28.2°E – Astra 2A, Astra 2C, Astra 2B, Astra 2D with Sat-direction, all you need to know is where you are and know how to look at a map. The green line indicates the direction of the satellite with respect to your location!
What is the elevation of the Astra 2E?
Azimuth. Elevation. Last updated. 28.2°E. Astra 2E. 39285. . 357. 179.
When did the BBC start using Astra 2D?
The BBC broadcast all of its domestic television channels (including BBC HD and the regional variations) from the Astra 2D satellite, except the BBC News Channel and BBC Parliament which broadcast from Astra 2A. All domestic BBC channels have been free-to-air since 29 July 2003.