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DirectTV 1-R
DirectTV 1-R was launched on October 10, 1999 aboard a Zenit-3SL from Kiritimati (Sea Launch). Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1999-056ANORAD 25937United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- DirecTV 1R
- Common name
- DirectTV 1-R
- Payload designation
- DirecTV-1R
- International designator
- 1999-056A
- NORAD catalog number
- 25937
- GCAT identifier
- S25937
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/369
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- DirecTV
- Owner
- DirecTV
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Hughes Space and Comms. Co (Hughes Satellite Systems)
- Platform (bus)
- HS-601HP
Launch
- Date
- October 10, 1999 · 03:28 UTC
- Launch record
- 1999-056Success
- Rocket
- Zenit-3SL
- Spaceport
- Kiritimati (Sea Launch)
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,781 km
- Apogee
- 35,792 km
- Inclination
- 0.03°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- August 2006
- End of operations
- Apr 30, 2014
Size
- Mass
- 3,447 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,800 kg
- Length
- 4.0 m
- Diameter
- 2.70 m
- Span
- 26.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q16943266 (CC0).