Subscribe with SteadyDirecTV 15 → AT&T T-15
DirecTV 15 [EADS Astrium]
DirecTV contracted with EADS Astrium in November 2011 to design and manufacture the DirecTV 15, a new high-power telecommunications satellite to provide back-up capacity and fleet expansion for television services to US customers in homes and businesses.
Based on Astriums Eurostar-3000 platform, the satellite has a payload comprising 30 high power transponders in Ku-band, 24 transponders in Ka-band, 18 transponders in Reverse Band, and is able to operate from up to five orbital locations from 99 West to 119 West, covering Continental US (CONUS), Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico.
The spacecraft has a launch mass of 6205 kg, an electrical power of 16 kW and is designed to deliver more than 15 years of in-orbit operations.
DIRECTV 15 was launched in May 2015 on an Ariane-5ECA rocket.
| Nation: | USA |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Communication |
| Operator: | DirecTV |
| Contractors: | EADS Astrium → Airbus Defence and Space |
| Equipment: | 30 high power Ku-band transponders, 24 Ka-band transponders, 18 Reverse Band transponders |
| Configuration: | Eurostar-3000 |
| Propulsion: | |
| Power: | 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries |
| Lifetime: | 15 years |
| Mass: | 6205 kg |
| Orbit: | GEO |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DirecTV 15 → AT&T T-15 | 2015-026A | 27.05.2015 | Ko ELA-3 | Ariane-5ECA | with Sky-Mexico 1 |
Launch Sites:
- Ko = Centre Spatial Guyanais (CSG), Kourou, French Guiana, France
References:
- EADS Astrium Press release: ASTRIUM contracted to build DIRECTV 15 communications satellite
- Airbus Defence & Space: DIRECTV 15
- DirecTV 1, 2, 3 [HS-601]
- DirecTV 1R [HS-601HP]
- DirecTV 4S → AT&T T-4S [HS-601HP]
- DirecTV 5, 6 → AT&T T-5 [SSL-1300]
- DirecTV 7S, 9S → AT&T T-7S, 9S [SSL-1300]
- DirecTV 8 → AT&T T-8 [SSL-1300]
- DirecTV 10, 11, 12 → AT&T T-10, 11, 12 [BSS-702]
- DirecTV 14 → AT&T T-14 [SSL-1300]
- DirecTV 15 → AT&T T-15 [Eurostar-3000]
- DirecTV 16 → AT&T T-16 [Eurostar-3000]
- DLA 1, 2 [SSL-1300]
- SKY Brasil 1 [Eurostar-3000]
- SKY Mexico 1 [GeoStar-2]
