Astra 1H is one of the Astra communications satellites owned and operated by SES. History SES ordered its Hughes 601HP satellite, in 1995 for Astra 1H. Launch Astra-1H was launched on 18 June 1999 at 01:49:30 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 at 19.2° East of longitude. References Astra satellites Satellites of Luxembourg Spacecraft launched in 1999 1999 in spaceflight 1999 in Luxembourg Satellites using the BSS-601 bus