Along with Astra 2F it delivers programming to almost 13 million satellite homes, over 3 million cable homes, and 700,000 Internet Protocol television (IPTV) homes in the United Kingdom and Ireland, in particular for channels from the major United Kingdom digital satellite television satellite bus, BSkyB and Freesat.

[10] ASTRA 2E also delivers broadcast and Very-small-aperture terminal (VSAT) services in Europe, Middle East and Africa in Ku-band.

[11] and Ka-band capacity will provide internet via satellite with download speeds of up to 20 Mbit/s to Germany.

[12] Astra 2E has three Ku-band downlink beams covering Europe and the Middle East: The Ka-band footprint for satellite broadband provides full service coverage centred on central Europe and extending to France, Italy, the Balkans, the United Kingdom, and southern Sweden and Norway.

[15] The fault with the failed rocket was found to be the incorrect installation of three angular rate sensors, Roscosmos reported,[16] and the launch programme was recommenced in September 2013.