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DirecTV 8 Launch Details Revealed

International Launch Services (ILS) said the window for its May 21 launch of the DirecTV 8 satellite from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan will open at 1:59 p.m. EDT. The satellite will be delivered to orbit on a Proton M/Breeze M rocket.

Space System/Loral built the DirecTV 8 satellite based on its 1300 platform for DirecTV Inc. The spacecraft, which will reside at 101 degrees West, carries 16 Ku- band transponders and a Ka-band payload to link broadcast facilities. It will be used to support the expansion of new digital and high-definition services. The satellite has an expected service life of 12 years.

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