DirecTV-12

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

00:21:59

Tuesday December 29, 2009

Mission Details

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DirecTV-12

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Boeing announced in September 2004 a contract by DirecTV to build three Boeing 702 model satellites. These spacecraft will provide DirecTV with unprecedented national and local broadcast coverage in High Definition Television (HDTV) and will be among the largest and most powerful Ka-band satellites ever launched. Three BSS-702 satellites, dubbed DirecTV 10 and DirecTV 11, a ground spare (DirecTV 12), and six Ka-band uplink sites will enable DirecTV to significantly expand broadcasting to their customers across the continental United States, Hawaii, and Alaska. In addition to expanded national HDTV broadcasting, standard definition television broadcasting, and interactive television, DirecTV 10 and DirecTV 11 will provide the capability for DirecTV to broadcast local HDTV to 90 percent of their customers.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

1 Payload

5,893 kilograms

Rocket

Active
Proton-M/Briz-M

Active Since 2001

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center logo

Manufacturer

Khrunichev

Price

$65.00 million

Rocket

Height: 58.18m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 21,000 kg

GTO: 6,900 kg

Liftoff Thrust

10,027 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 4.35m

Height: 15.26m

Stages

4

Launch Site

Site 200/39

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

Fastest Turnaround

10 days 23 hours

Stats

Proton-M


38th

Mission

9th

Mission of 2009

2009


78th

Orbital launch attempt