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. See also SES (satellite operator) Astra (satellite family) References Astra satellites Satellites of Luxembourg Spacecraft launched in 1997 1997 in spaceflight 1997 in Luxembourg Satellites using the BSS-601 bus