Boeing delivers satellite to DIRECTV following successful on-orbit testing

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Boeing has handed over the Spaceway F2 satellite to DIRECTV. Spaceway F2 joins its sister satellite, Spaceway F1, as part of a massive capacity expansion that will enable DIRECTV to deliver more than 1,500 local HD channels and more than 150 national HD channels in the US by the end of 2007. The Spaceway F2 satellite began broadcasting local HD programming to DIRECTV customers in eight new markets yesterday, and will begin broadcasting to an additional 16 markets by mid-year. DIRECTV launched 12 HD local markets last year on Spaceway F1.