KhSC Proton-M Briz-M DirecTV-8
Proton-M Briz-M
Status
Success
Date
22 MAY 2005
17:59
Launch Provider
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Launch Pad
200/39 (200L)
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Mission Overview
The DirecTV 8 satellite provides selectable medium and high power Ku-band broadcast services to the U.S. on up to 32 transponders. The service is optimized to support the current and next generation higher coding rate services that DirecTV provides.
Rocket
Proton-M Briz-M
Mission Type
Communications
Orbit
Geostationary Orbit
Stages
4
Livestream
Not available