Status
Success
DirecTV-5
Launch Time
Tue May 07, 2002 17:00 UTC
Tue May 07, 2002 17:00 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
DirecTV-5
The Tempo 1 and 2 satellites can transmit more than 200 channels of high-fidelity broadcast programming to cable companies and home dishes. Tempo has twice the power and capacity of comparable satellites. It features 32 high-powered Ku-band transponders at 115 Watts, switchable to 16 transponders at 220 Watts. Total on-board transmitter power totals 3500 Watts.
The Tempo spacecraft is based on SS/L's three-axis, body-stabilized SSL-1300 platform.
Under the Tempo contract, SS/L also procured launch and risk management services for the program.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 3,640.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Location
Site 81/24, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Stats
2002
23rd orbital launch attempt
Proton-K
286th mission
2nd mission of 2002
252nd successful mission
21st consecutive successful mission