DIRECTV 10
Satellite information DIRECTV 10
| Spacetrack Directory Name | DIRECTV 10 |
| Group | INTELSAT |
| Orbit launches |
2007-07-07 |
| Deorbitation |
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| Country/organisation of origin | USA (US) |
| Starting point | TYMSC (Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan) |
| Categories | |
| Perigee | 35786 km |
| Apogee | 35787 km |
| Height DIRECTV 10 | 35903.55 km |
Additional information DIRECTV 10
T10 (formerly DirecTV-10) is a Boeing model 702 direct broadcast satellite that provides high definition television (HDTV) to DirecTV subscribers in North America. It was launched by International Launch Services on July 7, 2007 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan aboard an Enhanced Proton Breeze-M rocket. After about two months of in-orbit testing, the satellite was moved to its operating position at 103.0° west longitude. This was the third DirecTV satellite launched on a Proton rocket. Prior launches include T8, which was launched on May 22, 2005, and T5, which was launched on May 7, 2002. The satellite was renamed to T10 in 2017.DirecTV contracted with Boeing in 2004 to build three identical 702 model satellites ? DirecTV-10, 11 and 12. DirecTV-11 was launched on March 19, 2008 and DirecTV-12 was launched on December 29, 2009. The satellites were purchased to significantly increase the number of national and local HDTV channels DirecTV offers.
All satellites have since been renamed to the T-suffix.
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