LAUNCH CENTER
![Launch Image](/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2FTLP_Launch_Placeholder_Image_tin.png&w=3840&q=75)
Success
Sun Oct 10 1999
Sea Launch
DirecTV-1R
Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW
Launch Time
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(3:28 AM UTC)
Launch Window Start
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(3:28 AM UTC)
Launch Window End
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(3:28 AM UTC)
RECOVERY OVERVIEW
Location
No Recovery Specified
Type
No Recovery Specified
Rocket Details
Name:
Zenit 3SLDescription:
![Zenit 3SL rocket](/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2FTLP_Launch_Placeholder_Image_tin.png&w=640&q=75)
MISSION OVERVIEW
- Type: Communications
- To expand channel capacity and strengthen in-orbit redundancy, DirecTV, Inc., ordered a new satellite from Hughes Space and Communications Company (HSC) in 1998. The new spacecraft, called DirecTV 1-R, is a Hughes HS-601HP model satellite scheduled that was launched in October 1999 under a delivery-in-orbit contract.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
Sea Launch
Pad
Launch Platform Odyssey