Launch vehicle
Zenit 3SL
- Height
- 4.6 m
- Diameter
- 0.42 m
- Stages
- 1
- Recorded launches
- 36
- First flight
- 1999-03-28
Historical mission record
This page records Zenit | DirecTV-1R and its reported outcome: Launch Successful. The date above is a historical record.
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Mission status
Launch Successful
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LAUNCH SITESea Launch
Mission
To expand channel capacity and strengthen in-orbit redundancy, DirecTV, Inc., ordered a new satellite from Hughes Space and Communications Company (HSC) in 1998. The new spacecraft, called DirecTV 1-R, is a Hughes HS-601HP model satellite scheduled that was launched in October 1999 under a delivery-in-orbit contract.
- Launch vehicle
- Zenit 3SL
- Mission type
- Communications
- Destination orbit
- Geostationary Orbit
- Launch pad
- Launch Platform Odyssey
- Provider
- Sea Launch
The vehicle
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Recorded timing
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SCHEDULED MOMENT
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Launch site & orbit
Sea Launch
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