Back to Launches
Success
Communications
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Proton-M Briz-M | DirecTV-8
Proton-M Briz-M
May 22, 5:59 PM UTC
May 22, 5:59 PM UTC
Mission Elapsed Time
T-00:00:00
Mission Details
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.
- Type
- Communications
- Orbit
- Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
Launch Site
- Pad
- 200/39 (200L)
- Location
- Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Country
- 🇰🇿 KAZ