The launch of Astra 2G was intended to be from the Baikonur Cosmodrome by ILS Proton-M rocket a month earlier, on November 28, 2014 but technical problems with the launch vehicle caused it to be rolled back from the launch pad to undergo a component replacement.
Finally launched successfully on December 27, 2014, at 03:37:49 Baikonur time,[REF] the craft was initially positioned at 21.0°E for three months and then tested at 43.5°E[REF][REF] before moving to the Astra 28.2°E slot in June 2015 [REF].