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Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Proton-M Briz-M | DirecTV-8
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Mission brief
The flight at a glance.
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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