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Sky-Mexico 1 (SKYM 1) [OSC]
Orbital Sciences Corporation was selected by DIRECTV to build SKY MEXICO-1 (SKYM-1). The SKYM-1 satellite design is based on Orbital's highly successful, flight-proven, GeoStar-2 satellite platform, and was manufactured and tested at Orbital's satellite manufacturing facility in Dulles, Virginia.
The SKYM-1 spacecraft carries 24 active Ku-band transponders and 2 active R-Band transponders providing Direct-to-Home broadcast services to the Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean Regions. The satellite will be located at 78.8° West Longitude and will produce approximately 5.0 kilowatts of payload electrical power.
| Nation: | Mexico |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Communication |
| Operator: | DirecTV Latin America |
| Contractors: | Orbital Sciences Corporation (OSC) |
| Equipment: | 24 Ku-band transponders, 2 R-band transponders |
| Configuration: | GeoStar-2 Bus |
| Propulsion: | IHI BT-4 |
| Power: | 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries |
| Lifetime: | 15 years |
| Mass: | 3182 kg |
| Orbit: | GEO |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sky-Mexico 1 (SKYM 1) | 2015-026B | 27.05.2015 | Ko ELA-3 | Ariane-5ECA | with DirecTV 15 |
Launch Sites:
- Ko = Centre Spatial Guyanais (CSG), Kourou, French Guiana, France
References:
- Orbital Sciences Corp.: SKYM-1
Further DirecTV missions:
- 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]
