June 29, 2007
Payload: DIRECTV 10, Boeing 702 platform
Separated Mass: Approx. 5,893 kg (12,992 lbs)
Launch Vehicle: Proton M/Breeze M
Weight at Liftoff: 691,272 kg (1.5 million lbs),including payload
Height: 56.2 m (184 ft)
Launch Date: Saturday, July 7, 2007
Launch Window Opens: 7:16 a.m. Baikonur; 1:16 GMT; 9:16 p.m. Friday, July 6 EDT; 6:16 p.m. Friday, July 6 PDT
Launch Site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan; Launch Pad 39
End User: DIRECTV, Inc., leading U.S. direct-to-home entertainment provider, El Segundo, Calif.
Satellite
Manufacturer: The Boeing Co., El Segundo, Calif.
Launch Vehicle
Manufacturer: Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center, Moscow
Launch Services
Provider: International Launch Services (ILS), McLean, Va.
Satellite Use: National and local high-definition DIRECTV services
Satellite Statistics:
- 3rd DIRECTV satellite launched by ILS on Proton
- Orbital location: 102.8 degrees West longitude
- 131 Ka-band transponders for national and spot beams
- 48-meter gallium-arsenide solar array
- Anticipated service life of 15 years
Mission Profile: The Proton launch vehicle will inject the DIRECTV 10 satellite into geosynchronous transfer orbit. The first three stages will use a standard ascent trajectory to place the Breeze M upper stage with the satellite into a suborbital trajectory, from which the Breeze M will place itself and the spacecraft into a circular parking orbit of 173 km (107.5 mi), inclined at 48 degrees. Then the Breeze M will ignite four more times to propel the satellite to its target geosynchronous transfer orbit of 35,786 km x 4,901 km (22,236 mi x 3,045 mi), inclined at 21.4 degrees. Following separation from the Breeze M, the spacecraft will perform a series of liquid apogee engine burns to raise perigee, lower inclination and circularize the orbit at the geostationary altitude of 36,000 km (22,300 mi).
Spacecraft Separation: Approximately 9 hours, 8 minutes, 40 seconds after liftoff
ILS Mission Statistics:
- 2nd ILS mission this year
- 326th Proton mission overall
- 41st ILS mission on Proton
Live Broadcast
in North America: Intelsat Galaxy G26C,93 degrees West, Transponder 9, C-band analog NTSC, 36 MHz bandwidth, downlink 3880 MHz (vertical). Test signals and broadcast start at around 8:30 p.m. EDT. ILS will begin the broadcast/webcast about 8:55 p.m. EDT. DIRECTV customers can view the launch on channel 570.
More Information: Live webcast and general mission information will be available on the ILS web site at www.ilslaunch.com. Launch status updates are available on the ILS U.S. domestic Launch Hotline at 1-800-852-4980.
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