Mission record
Ariane 5 ECA | DirecTV-9S, Optus D1, LDREX-2
Trajectory & orbital insertion · playback
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Provider
Arianespace
Provider type
Commercial
Orbit
GTO
Mission type
Dedicated Rideshare
Launch site
French Guiana
Date
Fri, 13 Oct 2006 20:56:00 GMT
Orbital launch #
#4797 ever
Mission
DirecTV 9S is a high-power spot beam satellite that will enable DirecTV to serve additional markets. Serving high-quality local and national digit video service. Optus D1 is a communications satellite serving many customers. LDREX was an engineering test to validate the antenna on the ETS-8.
Deployed payloads · 2