Proton-M Briz-M | DirecTV-8

Success Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center, Proton-M Briz-M

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Mission

Communications · Direct-GEO

The DirecTV 8 satellite provides selectable medium and high power Ku-band broadcast services to the U.S. on up to 32 transponders. The service is optimized to support the current and next generation higher coding rate services that DirecTV provides.

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Before liftoff
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If the launch moves, your reminders move with it, and at the time of your first reminder we tell you the new date.