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Designator id: 2009-075A

Description of DIRECTV 12 Satellite:

DirecTV 12, a United States commercial communications satellite, was launched on a Proton rocket with a Breeze M upper stage from Baikonur on 29 December 2009 at 00:22 UT. This geosynchronous satellite will be stationed at 102.8° W longitude and will provide high-definition direct-to-home programming to customers in the United States. The 5900 kg DirecTV 12 satellite carries 131 Ka-band transponders and has an expected operational lifetime of 15 years.

Technical data:
Launch Date: 2009-12-29
Launch Vehicle: Proton
Launch Site: Tyuratam (Baikonur Cosmodrome), Kazakhstan

Funding Agencies:
Unknown (United States)

Disciplines:
Communications

Source: Nasa

Two Line Element Set (TLE):

1 36131U 09075A   12338.63019612 -.00000093  00000-0  10000-3 0  8121
2 36131 000.0018 250.3537 0000494 328.6471 337.9898 01.00272331 10814

Last TLE update on :2012-12-04

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