DirectTV 15/Sky Mexico-1 launch VA223

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ARIANESPACE FLIGHT VA223 / DIRECTV 15 & SKY Mexico 1

THE LAUNCH READINESS REVIEW (RAL) took place in Kourou on Friday May 22, 2015 and authorized count-down operations for the DIRECTV 15 & SKY Mexico 1 launch.
On the fourth launch of the year from the Guiana Space center in French Guiana, and the second with an Ariane 5, Arianespace will orbit 2 High Definition Direct To Home broadcast satellites: DIRECTV 15 for DIRECTV, one of the world’s leading providers of television entertainment services, and SKY Mexico 1(SKYM-1) for SKY Mexico, the leading company in Mexican pay TV market.

It will be launched from the Ariane launch complex N° 3 (ELA3), in Kourou, French Guiana.




THE ARIANE 5 ECA LAUNCHER LIFT-OFF for this flight is scheduled on May 27, 2015 as soon as possible within the following launch window:

UT: Between 9:16pm and 10:40pm on May 27, 2015
KOUROU: Between 6:16pm and 7:40pm on May 27, 2015
PARIS: Between 11:16pm and 12:40am on May 27/28, 2015
MEXICO CITY: Between 4:16pm and 5:40pm on May 27, 2015
NEW YORK: Between 5:16pm and 6:40pm on May 27, 2015
LOS ANGELES: Between 2:16pm and 3:40pm on May 27, 2015


 

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DirecTV-15 will be tested at 66.8°W, then afterwards move to 102.75°W.
TT&C: 20198.5 & 20199.5.

SkyMexico-1 (alternative name: DirecTV Ku-79W) will be tested at 77.5°W, then afterwards move to 78.8°W.
TT&C: 11700.75 & 11702.25.
 

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will be tonight launch
 

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any delay launch /.
 

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Successful launch & separation of DirecTV 15
Separation also completed of SkyMexico-1 @ 22:55 GMT
7 east
11023 H 4937 S2 HD
id=CSG Kourou
 
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DirecTV 15 27 May 2015
21:16-22:40
Successful Launch Ariane 5 ECA
VA223 Kourou ELA-3 30 Ku, 24 Ka
18 Reverse Band

Reverse DBS uses the normal downlink frequency band for uplink, and vice versa. That is, the download and upload bands are reversed. The idea is to get more bandwidth.
There is plenty of speculation about how DirecTV will use this and what it means to the average customer. We won't know for sure until DirecTV tells us. It's likely that the current dishes (at least) won't handle RDBS.
30 high power transponders in Ku-band, 24 transponders in Ka-band, 18 transponders in Reverse Band, and will be able to operate from up to five orbital locations from 99°W to 119°W, covering Continental US (CONUS), Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico
 

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Sky-Mexico 1 (SKYM-1, DirecTV Ku-79West)
24 active Ku-band transponders and 2 active R-Band transponders providing Direct-to-Home broadcast services to the Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean Regions
 

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Drat I was so tired last night I forgot all about this one :(
 

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Reverse band - thats a new one on me!
 

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"Reverse band" uses 24.75...25.25 GHz uplink for 17.3...17.8 GHz downlink range.

Called reverse band, because this downlink range is normally used for uplink to the American BSS band 12.2...12.7 GHz.
 

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satellite on 69.5w
maybe testing iot

secend satellite position
SKY MEXICO-1
77.5w
 

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Now both satellites have arrived at their in-orbit test locations:
SkyMexico-1 (DirecTV Ku-79W) at 77.5°W
DirecTV-15 at 66.8°W
 

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SkyMexico-1 finished testing already, and will be at final 79.0°W location in two days.
 
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