Astra 1G
Astra 1G is one of the Astra communications satellites owned and operated by SES. History. SES ordered its Hughes 601HP satellite, in 1994 for Astra 1G. Launch. Astra-1G was launched on 2 December 1997 at 23:10:37 UTC, by a Proton-K / DM-2M launch vehicle, from Site 81/23 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It was maneuvered into a geostationary orbit and at 19.2° East of longitude.