SES ordered its Hughes 601HP satellite, in 1994 for Astra 1G.

[2] Astra 1G was retired to a graveyard orbit in 2023.

[3] 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.

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