DirecTV 12 Mission

Launch Status

Success

Date & Time

29 Dec 2009, 12:22am

Location

Baikonur Cosmodrome Launch Site

Baikonur Cosmodrome

Pad

200/39 (200L)

Launch Service Provider

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center logo

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center

Vehicle

Proton-M Briz-M Enhanced

Mission

DirecTV 12

Mission Type

Communications

Destination

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

A satellite built by Boeing used by DirecTV to provide additional HD channels and video on demand content.

Updated: Jan 3, 8:00pm UTC

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