Geostationary
DIRECTV 8
US Direct-Broadcast Television (DirecTV 101°W) · DirecTV (AT&T)
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A DirecTV satellite at 101°W — the prime orbital position for DirecTV's US direct-to-home service. The 101°W position is DirecTV's home address, where over 15 million American homes aim their satellite dishes. DirecTV-8's Ku-band transponders deliver the channel lineup that made DirecTV America's most-subscribed satellite television service, with particular strength in sports packages like the NFL Sunday Ticket that became synonymous with the DirecTV brand.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,234–22,250 mi (35,782–35,807 km)
- Inclination
- 0.0°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 28659
- Int’l designator
- 2005-019A
- Launched
- 2005
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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