Astra 1C was a geostationary communications satellite launched in 1993 by SES. The satellite remained in service until 2011 and is now .
Astra 1C was the third communications satellite placed in orbit by SES, and was originally deployed at the Astra 19.2ðE orbital position.
The satellite was intended to be replaced in 2002, along with Astra 1B, by Astra 1K but this satellite failed to reach its intended orbit. It was eventually relieved of its remaining television/radio payloads by Astra 1KR in 2006.
In November 2006, prior to the launch of Astra 1L to the 19.2ð East position, Astra 1C was placed in an inclined orbit and moved first to 2.0ð East for tests, and then in February 2007 to 4.6ð East, notionally part of the Astra 5ðE cluster of satellites but largely unused.
After November 2008, the satellite operated back at 2.0ð East, in an inclined orbit. On 2 November 2011, the satellite was taken out of use as Eutelsat, the rightholder for the 3ð allocation, came on air with Eutelsat 3A and current rules ask for a minimum of 2ð separation. In the summer of 2014, the satellite was moved to 73ð West, close to SES' AMC-6 satellite, to 1.2ð West, to 152ð West, and to 40ð West next to SES-6. From January 2015, it was continuously moving west by approximately 5.2ð per day.