DirecTV 10

Launch data: Designation  31862 / 07032A Launch date  07 Jul 2007 - 01:16 UT Launch site  B, LC-200/39 Launch vehicle  Proton-M / Briz-M Mission  Commercial: Communications Geostationary orbit: Perigee / Apogee  35785 x 35788 km Eccentricity  3,56E-05 Inclination  0.04° Period  1436.1 min

Mission details:

• 32 broad-beam Ka band; 55 spot-beam Ka-band transponders; will provide HDTV to CONUS.
• 25 June 2007 - The DirecTV 10 satellite was insert into the payload shroud.
• The DirecTV 10 Ka-band television broadcasting satellite, a Boeing 702 model, was launched by a Krunichev Proton-M on July 7. The Briz-M stage's first three burns took it from -397 x 174 km to 173 x 173 km to 257 x 5000 km to 315 x 14190 km. The Briz-M stage drop tank was left in a 315 x 14190 km x 46 deg orbit; DirecTV was in a 414 x 35812 km x 45 deg geostationary transfer orbit by 0501 UTC, with a further burn at 1004 UTC placing it in a 4898 x 35786 km x 21.36 deg orbit. At this point the Briz-M separated, leaving the satellite's own propulsion to take it to geostationary orbit.