Sensors and Systems
-->
Breaking News
Commercial UAV Forum 2026 to Take Place 22-23 April at RAI Amsterdam
Rating12345New event builds on Commercial UAV brand to serve...
Waukesha-Pearce Industries Named New Trimble Technology Outlet Serving Texas, Louisiana
Rating12345WPI Customers Gain Access to Trimble Technology for Earthmoving...
Visimind AB Becomes Official Distributor of Hesai’s Cutting-Edge LiDAR Sensors in Europe
Rating12345 Visimind AB, a Swedish service provider and warehouse...

March 31st, 2015
DIRECTV 15, the Most Powerful US Broadcast Satellite, Leaves Airbus Defence and Space

  • Rating12345

March 31, 2015 — DIRECTV 15, the most powerful US broadcast satellite, has left Airbus Defence and Space’s cleanrooms in Toulouse (France). It will now be shipped to Kourou for launch by Ariane 5 in May 2015.


 
DIRECTV 15 is based on the highly reliable Eurostar E3000 platform. The spacecraft’s launch mass is 6,200 kg and it will have an end of life power of 18 kW, featuring a record breaking number of radio-frequency power amplifiers (150+).  DIRECTV 15 will provide additional digital television entertainment services for more than 20 million DIRECTV customers in the United States.