SES-Astra has announced that its new Astra 1M satellite has been successfully launched into orbit. Astra 1M roared into space onboard a Proton Breeze M launch vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on November 5 at 21.44 (02.44 am local Baikonur time today). The satellite will be brought into its final orbital position within the next weeks and made commercially available in January after extensive in-orbit testing.

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