Launch SuccessfulKhrunichev State Research and Production Space Center

Proton-M Briz-M: DirecTV-8

Name: Proton-M Briz-M: DirecTV-8
Start: 2005-05-22T17:59:08Z
End: 2005-05-22T17:59:08Z
Location: 200/39 (200L)

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.

Sunday, 22 May 2005

Mission Data

🇷🇺Khrunichev State Research and Production Space CenterEst. 1916

Launch VehicleProton-M Briz-M

Vehicle FamilyProton / UR-500

Vehicle Record62 of 68 launches (91.2%)

Provider TypeGovernment

Agency Record178 successes / 15 failures (92%)

Success Streak4 consecutive

Mission TypeCommunications

Target OrbitGeostationary Orbit

Launch Pad200/39 (200L)

Location🇰🇿 Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan KAZ

Orbital Launches This Year#19

Agency Launches This Year#3

Launches From This Pad167

Launches From This Site1,565

Status Note

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

Launch Site

200/39 (200L) · 46.0400°N 63.0321°E

Launch data from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs.