AT&T T-16 [Airbus DS]
DirectV 16, renamed to AT&T T-16 before launch, is a high-power telecommunications satellite.
DirecTV contracted with EADS Astrium in late 2016 to design and manufacture the DirecTV 16, a contract that neither Airbus nor DirecTV has announced. After the sale of DirecTV to AT&T, the satellite was renamed.
Based on Astrium’s Eurostar-3000 platform, the satellite has a payload comprising of high power transponders in Ku-band and transponders in Ka-band. The spacecraft has a launch mass of 6350 kg, an electrical power of 16 kW and is designed to deliver more than 15 years of in-orbit operations. It will operate from 100.85° West.
Nation: | USA |
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Type / Application: | Communication |
Operator: | DirecTV → AT&T |
Contractors: | Airbus Defence and Space |
Equipment: | high power Ku-band transponders, Ka-band transponders, Reverse Band transponders |
Configuration: | Eurostar-3000 LX Hybrid |
Propulsion: | |
Power: | 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries |
Lifetime: | |
Mass: | 6350 kg |
Orbit: | GEO |
Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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AT&T T-16 (ex DirecTV 16) | 2019-034A | 20.06.2019 | Ko ELA-3 | Ariane-5ECA | with Eutelsat 7C |