Proton-M Briz-M | DirecTV-8

Name: Proton-M Briz-M | DirecTV-8
Start: 2005-05-22T17:59:08Z
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

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.

Mission Details

Launch date: May 22, 2005 at 05:59 PM UTC
Launch vehicle: Proton-M Briz-M
Operator: Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Mission type: Communications