“We currently have no future planned satellite launches.AT&T reconfirmed this is their last satellite they are going to launch and it’s going to use several orbital slots.
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“We currently have no future planned satellite launches.
A factually correct statement until they contract to build another satellite
Any chance satellites could be repaired, refueled in orbit?I don't see any reason why they would ever build another satellite. The ones they have will be good until at least 2030. Perhaps longer, obviously Directv knows exactly how much fuel each one has, whether they have any indication of degradation of the solar panels or batteries, or other hardware. D8 was launched in 2005 and has fuel life until 2034 so they'll even have a spare available at 101 should something happen to T16.
Any chance satellites could be repaired, refueled in orbit?
It's getting real close to commercial service for refueling.Any chance satellites could be repaired, refueled in orbit?
I didn't see it mentioned anywhere in the article, but are they talking about the satellites at 22,000 miles or the LEO ones?It's getting real close to commercial service for refueling.
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Geostationary . All robotic.I didn't see it mentioned anywhere in the article, but are they talking about the satellites at 22,000 miles or the LEO ones?
Probably not much that is noticeable. It won't bring new channels since they already have the capacity for that. It may let them move more channels to the 101 slot when mpeg2 goes away.So as a schlub who comes here to learn things, what does this launch do for the DirecTV customers?
Probably not much that is noticeable. It won't bring new channels since they already have the capacity for that. It may let them move more channels to the 101 slot when mpeg2 goes away.
They already have more than enough capacity for additional hd channels.It will bring west coast feeds which is coming soon. Just wish they would launch Nick HD West!
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Thank you for the info, very interesting indeed.It's getting real close to commercial service for refueling.
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Thank you for the info, very interesting indeed.It's getting real close to commercial service for refueling.
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