LaunchesDirecTV-1R
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DirecTV-1R
Zenit · Communications
1999Launch Platform Odyssey, Sea Launch
Mission
To expand channel capacity and strengthen in-orbit redundancy, DirecTV, Inc., ordered a new satellite from Hughes Space and Communications Company (HSC) in 1998. The new spacecraft, called DirecTV 1-R, is a Hughes HS-601HP model satellite scheduled that was launched in October 1999 under a delivery-in-orbit contract.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- Sea Launch
- Rocket
- Zenit
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Pad
- Launch Platform Odyssey
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2