Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
DirecTV-8
Proton-M Briz-M
SUCCESS
Success
Sunday, May 22, 2005 · 17:59 UTC
Mission
/01The 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.
Mission Type
Communications
Orbit
Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
Probability
N/A
Status
Launch Successful
Vehicle & Pad
/02Rocket
Proton-M Briz-M
Variant: Briz-M
Launch Pad
200/39 (200L)
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
46.040° N, 63.032° E
99
Pad Launches
1237
Location Launches
113
Agency Launches
19
Orbital This Year