Astra 1C was a geostationary communications satellite launched in 1993 by SES.

It was eventually relieved of its remaining television/radio payloads by Astra 1KR in 2006.

[3] In November 2006, prior to the launch of Astra 1L to the 19.2° East position, Astra 1C was placed in an inclined orbit and moved first to 2.0° East for tests, and then in February 2007 to 4.6° East, notionally part of the Astra 5°E cluster of satellites[4] but largely unused.

After November 2008, the satellite operated back at 2.0° East,[5] in an inclined orbit.

[9] From January 2015, it was continuously moving west by approximately 5.2° per day.