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AT&T T-16 (DirecTV 16)
AT&T T-16 [Airbus DS]
DirectV 16, renamed to AT&T T-16 before launch, is a high-power telecommunications satellite.
DirecTV contracted with EADS Astrium in late 2016 to design and manufacture the DirecTV 16, a contract that neither Airbus nor DirecTV has announced. After the sale of DirecTV to AT&T, the satellite was renamed.
Based on Astrium’s Eurostar-3000 platform, the satellite has a payload comprising of high power transponders in Ku-band and transponders in Ka-band. The spacecraft has a launch mass of 6350 kg, an electrical power of 16 kW and is designed to deliver more than 15 years of in-orbit operations. It will operate from 100.85° West.
| Nation: | USA |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Communication |
| Operator: | DirecTV → AT&T |
| Contractors: | Airbus Defence and Space |
| Equipment: | high power Ku-band transponders, Ka-band transponders, Reverse Band transponders |
| Configuration: | Eurostar-3000 LX Hybrid |
| Propulsion: | |
| Power: | 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries |
| Lifetime: | |
| Mass: | 6350 kg |
| Orbit: | GEO |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AT&T T-16 (ex DirecTV 16) | 2019-034A | 20.06.2019 | Ko ELA-3 | Ariane-5ECA | with Eutelsat 7C |
References:
- Space Intel Report: Intelsat, Yahsat ‘stowaway’ customers on Ariane 5 launch, 17 February 2017
Further DirecTV missions:
- DirecTV 1, 2, 3 [HS-601]
- DirecTV 1R [HS-601HP]
- DirecTV 4S → AT&T T-4S [HS-601HP]
- DirecTV 5, 6 → AT&T T-5 [SSL-1300]
- DirecTV 7S, 9S → AT&T T-7S, 9S [SSL-1300]
- DirecTV 8 → AT&T T-8 [SSL-1300]
- DirecTV 10, 11, 12 → AT&T T-10, 11, 12 [BSS-702]
- DirecTV 14 → AT&T T-14 [SSL-1300]
- DirecTV 15 → AT&T T-15 [Eurostar-3000]
- DirecTV 16 → AT&T T-16 [Eurostar-3000]
- DLA 1, 2 [SSL-1300]
- SKY Brasil 1 [Eurostar-3000]
- SKY Mexico 1 [GeoStar-2]
