T5 was originally known as Tempo 1, and was originally intended for satellite provider ASkyB, who later sold the satellites to PrimeStar in the process of going out of business. PrimeStar's other satellite, Tempo 2 (later DirecTV-6) was launched in 1997, while Tempo 1 was stored until the company and both satellites were purchased by DirecTV.[2] DirecTV eventually launched the Tempo 1 satellite after years of delays as the DirecTV-5 satellite in 2002.[3] In 2015, the satellite was renamed to T5, after AT&T purchased DirecTV and took over operations of the satellite fleet.
T5 is located at 109.8°W[4] and provided MPEG-2 high definition channels to the continental U.S. from sometime in 2003 or 2004 to March 2010 and MPEG-2 standard definition channels for the Puerto Rico market from December 17, 2012 to or around December 7, 2018. 0°00′N109°48′W / 0°N 109.8°W / 0; -109.8 Due to DirecTV’s decision to remove the 110° position from its fleet, T5 stopped broadcasting all of its channels on or around December 7, 2018 and is currently dormant. Despite this, the satellite remains in geostationary orbit.
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satellite, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, satellite, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, march. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources T5 satellite news newspapers books scholar JSTOR March 2009 Learn how and when to remove this template message T5 formerly DirecTV 5 is a dormant communications satellite launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome Kazakhstan in May 2002 to provide mainly Spanish language satellite television programs to DirecTV customers from the 119 degrees West longitudinal orbit It was built by Space Systems Loral as part of its LS 1300 line In May 2004 DIRECTV successfully launched DIRECTV 7S later T7S their second high powered spot beam T7S is located at the 119 degree orbital slot The satellite was renamed to T5 in 2017 2 T5Mission typeCommunicationsOperatorDirecTVCOSPAR ID2002 023ASATCAT no 27426Mission durationElapsed 21 years 5 months 3 daysSpacecraft propertiesBusLS 1300ManufacturerSpace Systems LoralStart of missionLaunch dateMay 7 2002 17 00 00 2002 05 07UTC17 UTCRocketProton K DM3Launch siteBaikonur 81 24ContractorInternational Launch ServicesOrbital parametersReference systemGeocentricRegimeGeostationaryLongitude109 8 WestPerigee altitude35 780 kilometres 22 230 mi 1 Apogee altitude35 805 kilometres 22 248 mi 1 Inclination0 01 degrees 1 Period1436 010 minutes 1 Epoch24 January 2015 08 51 48 UTC 1 T5 was originally known as Tempo 1 and was originally intended for satellite provider ASkyB who later sold the satellites to PrimeStar in the process of going out of business PrimeStar s other satellite Tempo 2 later DirecTV 6 was launched in 1997 while Tempo 1 was stored until the company and both satellites were purchased by DirecTV 2 DirecTV eventually launched the Tempo 1 satellite after years of delays as the DirecTV 5 satellite in 2002 3 In 2015 the satellite was renamed to T5 after AT amp T purchased DirecTV and took over operations of the satellite fleet T5 is located at 109 8 W 4 and provided MPEG 2 high definition channels to the continental U S from sometime in 2003 or 2004 to March 2010 and MPEG 2 standard definition channels for the Puerto Rico market from December 17 2012 to or around December 7 2018 0 00 N 109 48 W 0 N 109 8 W 0 109 8 Due to DirecTV s decision to remove the 110 position from its fleet T5 stopped broadcasting all of its channels on or around December 7 2018 and is currently dormant Despite this the satellite remains in geostationary orbit See also Edit nbsp Spaceflight portalDirecTV satellite fleetReferences Edit a b c d e DIRECTV 5 TEMPO 1 Satellite details 2002 023A NORAD 27426 N2YO 24 January 2015 Retrieved 25 January 2015 a b Tempo 1 and Tempo 2 satellite information Gunter s Space Page Retrieved August 20 2013 Launch of DirecTV 5 former Tempo 1 Spaceflight Now May 7 2002 Retrieved August 20 2013 DirecTV 5 at 109 8 W LyngSat Retrieved August 20 2013 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title T5 satellite amp oldid 1145374920, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
