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DirecTV 15 → AT&T T-15
DirecTV 15 [EADS Astrium]
DirecTV contracted with EADS Astrium in November 2011 to design and manufacture the DirecTV 15, a new high-power telecommunications satellite to provide back-up capacity and fleet expansion for television services to US customers in homes and businesses.
Based on Astrium’s Eurostar-3000 platform, the satellite has a payload comprising 30 high power transponders in Ku-band, 24 transponders in Ka-band, 18 transponders in Reverse Band, and is able to operate from up to five orbital locations from 99° West to 119° West, covering Continental US (CONUS), Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico.
The spacecraft has a launch mass of 6205 kg, an electrical power of 16 kW and is designed to deliver more than 15 years of in-orbit operations.
DIRECTV 15 was launched in May 2015 on an Ariane-5ECA rocket.
| Nation: | USA |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Communication |
| Operator: | DirecTV |
| Contractors: | EADS Astrium → Airbus Defence and Space |
| Equipment: | 30 high power Ku-band transponders, 24 Ka-band transponders, 18 Reverse Band transponders |
| Configuration: | Eurostar-3000 |
| Propulsion: | |
| Power: | 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries |
| Lifetime: | 15 years |
| Mass: | 6205 kg |
| Orbit: | GEO |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DirecTV 15 → AT&T T-15 | 2015-026A | 27.05.2015 | Ko ELA-3 | Ariane-5ECA | with Sky-Mexico 1 |
References:
- EADS Astrium Press release: ASTRIUM contracted to build DIRECTV 15 communications satellite
- Airbus Defence & Space: DIRECTV 15
- DirecTV 1, 2, 3 [HS-601]
- DirecTV 1R [HS-601HP]
- DirecTV 4S → AT&T T-4S [HS-601HP]
- DirecTV 5, 6 → AT&T T-5 [SSL-1300]
- DirecTV 7S, 9S → AT&T T-7S, 9S [SSL-1300]
- DirecTV 8 → AT&T T-8 [SSL-1300]
- DirecTV 10, 11, 12 → AT&T T-10, 11, 12 [BSS-702]
- DirecTV 14 → AT&T T-14 [SSL-1300]
- DirecTV 15 → AT&T T-15 [Eurostar-3000]
- DirecTV 16 → AT&T T-16 [Eurostar-3000]
- DLA 1, 2 [SSL-1300]
- SKY Brasil 1 [Eurostar-3000]
- SKY Mexico 1 [GeoStar-2]
