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DirecTV 15
40663. DirecTV 15 was launched on May 27, 2015 aboard a Ariane 5ECA from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: renamed (Jun 12, 2017).
COSPAR 2015-026ANORAD 40663United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- DirecTV 15
- Payload designation
- DirecTV-15
- International designator
- 2015-026A
- NORAD catalog number
- 40663
- GCAT identifier
- S40663
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/796
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- DirecTV
- Owner
- DirecTV
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Airbus Defense and Space (F) Toulouse
- Platform (bus)
- Eurostar 3000
Launch
- Date
- May 27, 2015 · 21:16 UTC
- Launch record
- 2015-026Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 5ECA
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA3
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/D
- Perigee
- 35,854 km
- Apogee
- 35,872 km
- Inclination
- 0.06°
- Status
- Renamed
- Status date
- June 12, 2017
- Last known active
- Feb 23, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 6,205 kg
- Dry mass
- 3,381 kg
- Length
- 6.2 m
- Diameter
- 2.60 m
- Span
- 45.0 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q20016967 (CC0).