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DirecTV-1R
Launch SuccessfulLaunch Details
Date: 10 Oct 1999, 03:28 am UTC
Rocket: Zenit (Zenith)
Provider: Sea Launch
Mission
Type: Communications
Orbit: Geostationary Orbit
Pad: Launch Platform Odyssey, Sea Launch
Mission Description
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.