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DirecTV 12
Launch SuccessfulLaunch Details
Date: 29 Dec 2009, 12:22 am UTC
Rocket: Proton-M (Proton / UR-500)
Provider: Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Mission
Type: Communications
Orbit: Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Pad: 200/39 (200L), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Mission Description
A satellite built by Boeing used by DirecTV to provide additional HD channels and video on demand content.